Distance from Almaty to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Shanghai, China is 4,109 km (2,554 mi · 2,219 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,109 km · 2,554 mi · 2,219 nmi
- Initial bearing Almaty → Shanghai
- 94° (E)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Almaty
- 302° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 30 min
- Time zones
- Almaty UTC+06:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 177 min — the sun rises later in Almaty
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
- Almaty
- 43.2525, 76.9115
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:41 UTC / 12:51 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.