✈ GRU → PEK
21H 40M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from São Paulo to Beijing
From Guarulhos (GRU), Brazil South America → Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Beijing → São Paulo
How long is the flight from São Paulo to Beijing?
A nonstop flight from São Paulo (GRU) to Beijing (PEK) takes about 21 hours 40 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,921 miles (17,576 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
21h 40m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
10,921 mi
17,576 km · great-circle
Avg speed
811 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
São Paulo timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Beijing timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Time difference
+11h
11 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~11d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from São Paulo
Nearest destinations
- São Paulo → Rio de Janeiro
- São Paulo → Buenos Aires
- São Paulo → Santiago
- São Paulo → Cape Town
- São Paulo → Miami
- São Paulo → Cancun
- São Paulo → Mexico City
- São Paulo → Johannesburg
- São Paulo → Atlanta
- São Paulo → Casablanca
Long-haul from São Paulo
- São Paulo → Osaka
- São Paulo → Taipei
- São Paulo → Shanghai
- São Paulo → Tokyo
- São Paulo → Manila
- São Paulo → Seoul
- São Paulo → Hong Kong
- São Paulo → Bangkok
- São Paulo → Singapore
- São Paulo → Bali (Denpasar)
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Flights to Beijing
Nearest origins
- Seoul → Beijing
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- Taipei → Beijing
- Osaka → Beijing
- Hong Kong → Beijing
- Tokyo → Beijing
- Manila → Beijing
- Bangkok → Beijing
- Delhi → Beijing
- Kuala Lumpur → Beijing