Distance from Douala to Shanghai
Flying the shortest possible route, Shanghai lies 11,813 km (7,340 miles, 6,378 nautical miles) from Douala — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,813 km · 7,340 mi · 6,378 nmi
- Initial bearing Douala → Shanghai
- 56° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Douala
- 285° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 33 min
- Time zones
- Douala UTC+01:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 411 min — the sun rises later in Douala
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
- Douala
- 4.0483, 9.7043
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:07 UTC / 17:04 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.