Distance from Bangkok to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Bangkok, Thailand and Shanghai, China is 2,889 km (1,795 mi · 1,560 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,889 km · 1,795 mi · 1,560 nmi
- Initial bearing Bangkok → Shanghai
- 44° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Bangkok
- 232° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 03 min
- Time zones
- Bangkok UTC+07:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 109 min — the sun rises later in Bangkok
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
- Bangkok
- 13.7540, 100.5014
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:05 UTC / 11:44 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.