Distance from Hong Kong to Shanghai
Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and Shanghai (China) are 1,229 km apart — that's 764 miles or 664 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,229 km · 764 mi · 664 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Shanghai
- 34° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Hong Kong
- 218° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 06 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 43 min — the sun rises later in Hong Kong
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
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:01 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:16 UTC / 10:46 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.