Distance from Chengdu to Shanghai
Flying the shortest possible route, Shanghai lies 1,658 km (1,030 miles, 895 nautical miles) from Chengdu — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,658 km · 1,030 mi · 895 nmi
- Initial bearing Chengdu → Shanghai
- 83° (E)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Chengdu
- 272° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 37 min
- Time zones
- Chengdu UTC+08:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 69 min — the sun rises later in Chengdu
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
- Chengdu
- 30.6667, 104.0667
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:24 UTC / 10:12 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.