Distance from Ankara to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Ankara, Türkiye and Shanghai, China is 7,739 km (4,809 mi · 4,179 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,739 km · 4,809 mi · 4,179 nmi
- Initial bearing Ankara → Shanghai
- 66° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Ankara
- 305° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 46 min
- Time zones
- Ankara UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 370 min — the sun rises later in Ankara
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
- Ankara
- 39.9199, 32.8543
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:26 UTC / 14:40 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.