Distance from Biên Hòa to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Biên Hòa, Vietnam and Shanghai, China is 2,712 km (1,685 mi · 1,464 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,712 km · 1,685 mi · 1,464 nmi
- Initial bearing Biên Hòa → Shanghai
- 32° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Biên Hòa
- 217° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 51 min
- Time zones
- Biên Hòa UTC+07:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 31 min — the sun rises later in Biên Hòa
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
- Biên Hòa
- 10.9447, 106.8243
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:47 UTC / 10:28 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.