Distance from Accra to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Accra, Ghana and Shanghai, China is 12,605 km (7,832 mi · 6,806 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,605 km · 7,832 mi · 6,806 nmi
- Initial bearing Accra → Shanghai
- 52° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Accra
- 293° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 29 min
- Time zones
- Accra UTC+00:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 487 min — the sun rises later in Accra
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
- Accra
- 5.5560, -0.1969
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:51 UTC / 17:57 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:43 UTC / 09:52 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.