✈ YVR → TPE
12H 10M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Vancouver to Taipei
From YVR (YVR), Canada North America → Taoyuan (TPE), Taiwan Asia
How long is the flight from Vancouver to Taipei?
A nonstop flight from Vancouver (YVR) to Taipei (TPE) takes about 12 hours 10 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,960 miles (9,591 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 10m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,960 mi
9,591 km · great-circle
Avg speed
788 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Vancouver timezone
UTC-7
America/Vancouver
Taipei timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Taipei
Time difference
+15h
15 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~15d
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.