Distance from Belo Horizonte to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Shanghai, China is 18,089 km (11,240 mi · 9,767 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 18,089 km · 11,240 mi · 9,767 nmi
- Initial bearing Belo Horizonte → Shanghai
- 46° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Belo Horizonte
- 307° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 21 h 56 min
- Time zones
- Belo Horizonte UTC-03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 662 min — the sun rises later in Belo Horizonte
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
- Belo Horizonte
- -19.9208, -43.9378
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:45 UTC / 20:53 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.