Distance from Al Mawşil al Jadīdah to Shanghai
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah (Iraq) and Shanghai (China) are 7,061 km apart — that's 4,387 miles or 3,813 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,061 km · 4,387 mi · 3,813 nmi
- Initial bearing Al Mawşil al Jadīdah → Shanghai
- 69° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Al Mawşil al Jadīdah
- 298° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 58 min
- Time zones
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 322 min — the sun rises later in Al Mawşil al Jadīdah
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
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah
- 36.3327, 43.1056
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:38 UTC / 14:06 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.