Distance from Baku to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Baku, Azerbaijan and Shanghai, China is 6,360 km (3,952 mi · 3,434 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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
- 303 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
- 03:19 UTC / 13:31 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.