Distance from Gwangju to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Gwangju, South Korea and Shanghai, China is 670 km (416 mi · 362 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 670 km · 416 mi · 362 nmi
- Initial bearing Gwangju → Shanghai
- 231° (SW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Gwangju
- 48° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 27 min
- Time zones
- Gwangju UTC+09:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 22 min — the sun rises earlier in Gwangju
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
- Gwangju
- 35.1547, 126.9156
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:21 UTC / 09:30 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.