Distance from Shenzhen to Sydney
Shenzhen (China) and Sydney (Australia) are 7,402 km apart — that's 4,599 miles or 3,997 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,402 km · 4,599 mi · 3,997 nmi
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Sydney
- 147° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Shenzhen
- 323° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 22 min
- Time zones
- Shenzhen UTC+08:00 · Sydney UTC+10:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 76 min — the sun rises later in Shenzhen
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
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:02 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:43 UTC / 07:21 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.