Distance from Melbourne to Shenzhen
Flying the shortest possible route, Shenzhen lies 7,448 km (4,628 miles, 4,022 nautical miles) from Melbourne — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,448 km · 4,628 mi · 4,022 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Shenzhen
- 329° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Melbourne
- 154° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 25 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+10:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (-2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 44 min — the sun rises earlier in Melbourne
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:15 UTC / 07:39 UTC
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:02 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.