Distance from Brisbane to Shanghai
Brisbane (Australia) and Shanghai (China) are 7,334 km apart — that's 4,557 miles or 3,960 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,334 km · 4,557 mi · 3,960 nmi
- Initial bearing Brisbane → Shanghai
- 331° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Brisbane
- 149° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 17 min
- Time zones
- Brisbane UTC+10:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 202 min — the sun rises earlier in Brisbane
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
- Brisbane
- -27.4679, 153.0281
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 18:53 UTC / 08:12 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.