Distance from Dongguan to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Dongguan, China and Shanghai, China is 1,188 km (738 mi · 642 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,188 km · 738 mi · 642 nmi
- Initial bearing Dongguan → Shanghai
- 38° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Dongguan
- 222° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 03 min
- Time zones
- Dongguan UTC+08:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 43 min — the sun rises later in Dongguan
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
- Dongguan
- 23.0180, 113.7487
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:04 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.