Distance from Astana to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Astana, Kazakhstan and Shanghai, China is 4,620 km (2,871 mi · 2,495 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,620 km · 2,871 mi · 2,495 nmi
- Initial bearing Astana → Shanghai
- 99° (E)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Astana
- 314° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 06 min
- Time zones
- Astana UTC+06:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 154 min — the sun rises later in Astana
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
- Astana
- 51.1801, 71.4460
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:50 UTC / 14:52 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:16 UTC / 10:46 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.