Distance from Buenos Aires to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Shanghai, China is 19,638 km (12,202 mi · 10,604 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 19,638 km · 12,202 mi · 10,604 nmi
- Initial bearing Buenos Aires → Shanghai
- 178° (S)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Buenos Aires
- 182° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 23 h 46 min
- Time zones
- Buenos Aires UTC-03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 631 min — the sun rises later in Buenos Aires
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
- Buenos Aires
- -34.6131, -58.3772
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:46 UTC / 22:30 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.