Distance from Antananarivo to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Antananarivo, Madagascar and Shanghai, China is 9,650 km (5,996 mi · 5,211 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,650 km · 5,996 mi · 5,211 nmi
- Initial bearing Antananarivo → Shanghai
- 55° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Antananarivo
- 246° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Antananarivo UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 232 min — the sun rises later in Antananarivo
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
- Antananarivo
- -18.9137, 47.5361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:07 UTC / 15:01 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.