Distance from Fortaleza to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Fortaleza, Brazil and Shanghai, China is 16,309 km (10,134 mi · 8,806 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 16,309 km · 10,134 mi · 8,806 nmi
- Initial bearing Fortaleza → Shanghai
- 32° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Fortaleza
- 322° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 19 h 51 min
- Time zones
- Fortaleza UTC-03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 641 min — the sun rises later in Fortaleza
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
- Fortaleza
- -3.7172, -38.5431
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:24 UTC / 20:31 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.