Distance from Daegu to Shanghai
Daegu (South Korea) and Shanghai (China) are 839 km apart — that's 521 miles or 453 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 839 km · 521 mi · 453 nmi
- Initial bearing Daegu → Shanghai
- 234° (SW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Daegu
- 50° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 39 min
- Time zones
- Daegu UTC+09:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 29 min — the sun rises earlier in Daegu
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
- Daegu
- 35.8703, 128.5911
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:15 UTC / 09:24 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.