Distance from Aleppo to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Aleppo, Syria and Shanghai, China is 7,560 km (4,698 mi · 4,082 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,560 km · 4,698 mi · 4,082 nmi
- Initial bearing Aleppo → Shanghai
- 67° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Aleppo
- 300° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 33 min
- Time zones
- Aleppo UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 337 min — the sun rises later in Aleppo
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
- Aleppo
- 36.2012, 37.1612
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:20 UTC / 15:29 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.