Distance from Alexandria to Shanghai
Alexandria (Egypt) and Shanghai (China) are 8,405 km apart — that's 5,223 miles or 4,538 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,405 km · 5,223 mi · 4,538 nmi
- Initial bearing Alexandria → Shanghai
- 62° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Alexandria
- 298° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 33 min
- Time zones
- Alexandria UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 366 min — the sun rises later in Alexandria
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
- Alexandria
- 31.2018, 29.9158
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:50 UTC / 15:58 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.