Distance from Chennai to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Chennai, India and Shanghai, China is 4,659 km (2,895 mi · 2,516 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,659 km · 2,895 mi · 2,516 nmi
- Initial bearing Chennai → Shanghai
- 57° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Chennai
- 254° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 08 min
- Time zones
- Chennai UTC+05:30 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+2.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 191 min — the sun rises later in Chennai
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
- Chennai
- 13.0878, 80.2785
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:26 UTC / 13:05 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.