JetSetAuthority

Route · Europe to Asia and Africa

CDG Paris ⇄ PEK Beijing

Charles de Gaulle International Airport (France) and Beijing Capital International Airport (China): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance8,190 km5,089 mi4,422 nautical miles
CDG → PEK9 h 50 minestimated block time
PEK → CDG10 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change+7 hBeijing vs Paris, today
Great-circle route from Paris (CDG) to Beijing (PEK)CDGParisPEKBeijing
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

CDG → PEK

9 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 47° (NE).

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Beijing Sun 8 Nov, 02:50 local +1 day.

PEK → CDG

10 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 321° (NW).

Leave Beijing Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sat 7 Nov, 13:55 local.

CDG-bound flights are the slower direction by about 70 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance8,190 km · 5,089 mi · 4,422 nmi
Initial heading47° (NE) from CDG; 321° (NW) from PEK
Farthest from the equator61.5°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip41% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

CDGEurope/Paris — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
PEKAsia/Shanghai — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceBeijing is 7 hours ahead of Paris today; +7 h in January and +6 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying CDG → PEK. Your body clock has to move 7 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 7 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

CDG Charles de Gaulle International AirportParis, France · longest runway 13,829 ft4,215 m PEK Beijing Capital International AirportBeijing, China · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m

More routes from CDG and PEK

LHRCDG London – Paris 348 km216 mi · 1 h 25 min CDGLIS Paris – Lisbon 1,470 km913 mi · 2 h 50 min YULCDG Montreal – Paris 5,524 km3,433 mi · 6 h 50 min CDGDEL Paris – Delhi 6,565 km4,080 mi · 7 h 55 min MEXCDG Mexico City – Paris 9,199 km5,716 mi · 10 h 45 min CDGSIN Paris – Singapore 10,724 km6,664 mi · 12 h 30 min PEKSHA Beijing – Shanghai 1,076 km668 mi · 2 h 15 min PEKCTU Beijing – Chengdu 1,558 km968 mi · 3 h PEKSZX Beijing – Shenzhen 1,957 km1,216 mi · 3 h 20 min FRAPEK Frankfurt – Beijing 7,789 km4,840 mi · 9 h 20 min SFOPEK San Francisco – Beijing 9,494 km5,899 mi · 12 h 40 min JFKPEK New York – Beijing 10,979 km6,822 mi · 13 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

SFODUB San Francisco – Dublin 8,183 km5,085 mi · 9 h 55 min YVRICN Vancouver – Seoul 8,200 km5,095 mi · 11 h LHRSEZ London – Mahé 8,176 km5,080 mi · 10 h HNLSYD Honolulu – Sydney 8,170 km5,077 mi · 10 h 35 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).