Distance from Bengaluru to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Bengaluru, India and Shanghai, China is 4,912 km (3,052 mi · 2,652 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,912 km · 3,052 mi · 2,652 nmi
- Initial bearing Bengaluru → Shanghai
- 58° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Bengaluru
- 256° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 26 min
- Time zones
- Bengaluru UTC+05:30 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+2.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 176 min — the sun rises later in Bengaluru
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
- Bengaluru
- 12.9719, 77.5937
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:40 UTC / 12:46 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.