Distance from Addis Ababa to Shanghai
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Shanghai (China) are 8,800 km apart — that's 5,468 miles or 4,751 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,800 km · 5,468 mi · 4,751 nmi
- Initial bearing Addis Ababa → Shanghai
- 60° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Addis Ababa
- 274° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Addis Ababa UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 301 min — the sun rises later in Addis Ababa
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
- Addis Ababa
- 9.0250, 38.7469
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:17 UTC / 15:02 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:16 UTC / 09:02 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.