Distance from Dhaka to Shanghai
Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Shanghai (China) are 3,164 km apart — that's 1,966 miles or 1,708 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,164 km · 1,966 mi · 1,708 nmi
- Initial bearing Dhaka → Shanghai
- 68° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Dhaka
- 262° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 23 min
- Time zones
- Dhaka UTC+06:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 125 min — the sun rises later in Dhaka
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
- Dhaka
- 23.7104, 90.4074
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:48 UTC / 11:56 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.