Distance from Beijing to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Shanghai, China is 1,068 km (664 mi · 577 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,068 km · 664 mi · 577 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Shanghai
- 153° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Beijing
- 336° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 55 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 36 min — the sun rises later in Beijing
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
- Beijing
- 39.9075, 116.3972
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:51 UTC / 09:07 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.