Distance from Harare to Shanghai
Harare (Zimbabwe) and Shanghai (China) are 11,060 km apart — that's 6,872 miles or 5,972 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,060 km · 6,872 mi · 5,972 nmi
- Initial bearing Harare → Shanghai
- 60° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Harare
- 255° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 40 min
- Time zones
- Harare UTC+02:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 362 min — the sun rises later in Harare
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
- Harare
- -17.8277, 31.0534
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:46 UTC / 15:53 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.