Distance from Dammam to Shanghai
Dammam (Saudi Arabia) and Shanghai (China) are 6,850 km apart — that's 4,256 miles or 3,699 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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
- 278 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
- 02:54 UTC / 13:54 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:16 UTC / 09:02 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.