Distance from Erbil to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Erbil, Iraq and Shanghai, China is 6,990 km (4,344 mi · 3,775 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,990 km · 4,344 mi · 3,775 nmi
- Initial bearing Erbil → Shanghai
- 70° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Erbil
- 298° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 53 min
- Time zones
- Erbil UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 318 min — the sun rises later in Erbil
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
- Erbil
- 36.1912, 44.0094
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:34 UTC / 14:03 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.