Distance from Adelaide to Shanghai
Adelaide (Australia) and Shanghai (China) are 7,571 km apart — that's 4,704 miles or 4,088 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,571 km · 4,704 mi · 4,088 nmi
- Initial bearing Adelaide → Shanghai
- 344° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Adelaide
- 165° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 34 min
- Time zones
- Adelaide UTC+09:30 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-1.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 68 min — the sun rises earlier in Adelaide
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
- Adelaide
- -34.9287, 138.5986
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:35 UTC / 08:43 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.