Distance from Baku to Shanghai
Baku (Azerbaijan) and Shanghai (China) are 6,360 km apart — that's 3,952 miles or 3,434 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,360 km · 3,952 mi · 3,434 nmi
- Initial bearing Baku → Shanghai
- 75° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Baku
- 301° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 08 min
- Time zones
- Baku UTC+04:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 269 min — the sun rises later in Baku
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
- Baku
- 40.3777, 49.8920
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:45 UTC / 15:49 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.