Distance from Davao to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Davao, Philippines and Shanghai, China is 2,720 km (1,690 mi · 1,469 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,720 km · 1,690 mi · 1,469 nmi
- Initial bearing Davao → Shanghai
- 351° (N)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Davao
- 170° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 51 min
- Time zones
- Davao UTC+08:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 16 min — the sun rises later in Davao
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
- Davao
- 7.0731, 125.6128
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:32 UTC / 09:56 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:16 UTC / 10:46 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.