Distance from Busan to Shanghai
Busan (South Korea) and Shanghai (China) are 826 km apart — that's 513 miles or 446 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 826 km · 513 mi · 446 nmi
- Initial bearing Busan → Shanghai
- 241° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Busan
- 57° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 38 min
- Time zones
- Busan UTC+09:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 37 min — the sun rises earlier in Busan
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
- Busan
- 35.1017, 129.0300
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:39 UTC / 10:22 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:16 UTC / 10:46 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.