Distance from Cali to Shanghai
Cali (Colombia) and Shanghai (China) are 15,717 km apart — that's 9,766 miles or 8,486 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,717 km · 9,766 mi · 8,486 nmi
- Initial bearing Cali → Shanghai
- 335° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Cali
- 30° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 19 h 09 min
- Time zones
- Cali UTC-05:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 793 min — the sun rises later in Cali
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
- Cali
- 3.4305, -76.5199
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:56 UTC / 23:03 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.