Distance from Cali to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Cali, Colombia and Shanghai, China is 15,717 km (9,766 mi · 8,486 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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
- 829 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
- 11:05 UTC / 23:20 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.