Distance from Barquisimeto to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Barquisimeto, Venezuela and Shanghai, China is 15,282 km (9,496 mi · 8,251 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,282 km · 9,496 mi · 8,251 nmi
- Initial bearing Barquisimeto → Shanghai
- 346° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Barquisimeto
- 16° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 18 h 38 min
- Time zones
- Barquisimeto UTC-04:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 793 min — the sun rises later in Barquisimeto
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
- Barquisimeto
- 10.0647, -69.3570
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:29 UTC / 22:59 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.