Distance from Damascus to Shanghai
Damascus (Syria) and Shanghai (China) are 7,755 km apart — that's 4,819 miles or 4,187 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,755 km · 4,819 mi · 4,187 nmi
- Initial bearing Damascus → Shanghai
- 65° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Damascus
- 298° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 47 min
- Time zones
- Damascus UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 341 min — the sun rises later in Damascus
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
- Damascus
- 33.5102, 36.2913
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:24 UTC / 15:32 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.