Distance from Auckland to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Auckland, New Zealand and Shanghai, China is 9,382 km (5,830 mi · 5,066 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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+12:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 122 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
- 19:14 UTC / 05:41 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.