Distance from Dubai to Shanghai
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and Shanghai (China) are 6,427 km apart — that's 3,993 miles or 3,470 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,427 km · 3,993 mi · 3,470 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Shanghai
- 68° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Dubai
- 282° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 13 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 274 min — the sun rises later in Dubai
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
- Dubai
- 25.0772, 55.3093
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:50 UTC / 15:00 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.