Distance from Chicago to Shanghai
Flying the shortest possible route, Shanghai lies 11,360 km (7,059 miles, 6,134 nautical miles) from Chicago — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
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-05:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 816 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
- 10:52 UTC / 01:02 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.