Distance from São Paulo to Tianjin
The great-circle distance between São Paulo, Brazil and Tianjin, China is 17,705 km (11,002 mi · 9,560 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 17,705 km · 11,002 mi · 9,560 nmi
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Tianjin
- 38° (NE)
- Initial bearing Tianjin → São Paulo
- 314° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 21 h 29 min
- Time zones
- São Paulo UTC-03:00 · Tianjin UTC+08:00 (+11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 740 min — the sun rises later in São Paulo
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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:38 UTC / 20:48 UTC
- Tianjin
- 39.1422, 117.1767
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:18 UTC / 11:17 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.