Distance from Auckland to Shanghai
Auckland (New Zealand) and Shanghai (China) are 9,382 km apart — that's 5,830 miles or 5,066 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,382 km · 5,830 mi · 5,066 nmi
- Initial bearing Auckland → Shanghai
- 316° (NW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Auckland
- 140° (SE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 42 min
- Time zones
- Auckland UTC+13:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 306 min — the sun rises earlier in Auckland
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
- Auckland
- -36.8485, 174.7635
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 17:10 UTC / 07:01 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.