Distance from Chicago to Shanghai
Chicago (United States) and Shanghai (China) are 11,360 km apart — that's 7,059 miles or 6,134 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,360 km · 7,059 mi · 6,134 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Shanghai
- 335° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Chicago
- 22° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-06:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 857 min — the sun rises later in Chicago
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
- Chicago
- 41.8500, -87.6500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:32 UTC / 22:38 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.