Distance from Casablanca to Shanghai
Casablanca (Morocco) and Shanghai (China) are 11,046 km apart — that's 6,863 miles or 5,964 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,046 km · 6,863 mi · 5,964 nmi
- Initial bearing Casablanca → Shanghai
- 42° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Casablanca
- 319° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 39 min
- Time zones
- Casablanca UTC+01:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 516 min — the sun rises later in Casablanca
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
- Casablanca
- 33.5883, -7.6114
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:20 UTC / 18:28 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.