Distance from Giza to Shanghai
Flying the shortest possible route, Shanghai lies 8,358 km (5,193 miles, 4,513 nautical miles) from Giza — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,358 km · 5,193 mi · 4,513 nmi
- Initial bearing Giza → Shanghai
- 62° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Giza
- 296° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 29 min
- Time zones
- Giza UTC+02:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 359 min — the sun rises later in Giza
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
- Giza
- 30.0094, 31.2086
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:15 UTC / 15:04 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.