Distance from Dammam to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Dammam, Saudi Arabia and Shanghai, China is 6,850 km (4,256 mi · 3,699 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,850 km · 4,256 mi · 3,699 nmi
- Initial bearing Dammam → Shanghai
- 67° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Dammam
- 285° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 43 min
- Time zones
- Dammam UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 286 min — the sun rises later in Dammam
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
- Dammam
- 26.4344, 50.1033
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:29 UTC / 14:37 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.