Distance from Barcelona to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Barcelona, Spain and Shanghai, China is 9,824 km (6,105 mi · 5,305 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,824 km · 6,105 mi · 5,305 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → Shanghai
- 48° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Barcelona
- 319° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 13 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+02:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 477 min — the sun rises later in Barcelona
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
- Barcelona
- 41.3888, 2.1590
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:40 UTC / 17:49 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:43 UTC / 09:52 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.