Distance from Algiers to Shanghai
Algiers (Algeria) and Shanghai (China) are 10,107 km apart — that's 6,280 miles or 5,457 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,107 km · 6,280 mi · 5,457 nmi
- Initial bearing Algiers → Shanghai
- 49° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Algiers
- 315° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 33 min
- Time zones
- Algiers UTC+01:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 483 min — the sun rises later in Algiers
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
- Algiers
- 36.7323, 3.0875
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:19 UTC / 16:45 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.