Distance from Fukuoka to Shanghai
Fukuoka (Japan) and Shanghai (China) are 881 km apart — that's 548 miles or 476 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 881 km · 548 mi · 476 nmi
- Initial bearing Fukuoka → Shanghai
- 255° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Fukuoka
- 70° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 42 min
- Time zones
- Fukuoka UTC+09:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 36 min — the sun rises earlier in Fukuoka
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
- Fukuoka
- 33.6000, 130.4167
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:07 UTC / 09:16 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.