Distance from Mexico City to Shenzhen
Mexico City (Mexico) and Shenzhen (China) are 14,118 km apart — that's 8,772 miles or 7,623 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 14,118 km · 8,772 mi · 7,623 nmi
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Shenzhen
- 321° (NW)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Mexico City
- 40° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 17 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Mexico City UTC-06:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 857 min — the sun rises later in Mexico City
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
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:16 UTC / 01:10 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.