✈ CDG → PEK

10H 30M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,088 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
10h 30m
Distance
5,088 mi
Or
8,189 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Paris to Beijing

From Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe  →  Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia

How long is the flight from Paris to Beijing?

A nonstop flight from Paris (CDG) to Beijing (PEK) takes about 10 hours 30 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,088 miles (8,189 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 30m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,088 mi

8,189 km · great-circle

Avg speed

780 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Paris timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Paris

Beijing timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+6h

6 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~6d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1212 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1400 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 336 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.