Distance from Da Nang to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Da Nang, Vietnam and Shanghai, China is 2,154 km (1,338 mi · 1,163 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,154 km · 1,338 mi · 1,163 nmi
- Initial bearing Da Nang → Shanghai
- 36° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Da Nang
- 222° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 12 min
- Time zones
- Da Nang UTC+07:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 54 min — the sun rises later in Da Nang
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
- Da Nang
- 16.0678, 108.2208
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:37 UTC / 10:44 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.