Distance from Hyderabad to Shanghai
Hyderabad (India) and Shanghai (China) are 4,588 km apart — that's 2,851 miles or 2,477 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,588 km · 2,851 mi · 2,477 nmi
- Initial bearing Hyderabad → Shanghai
- 62° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Hyderabad
- 261° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 03 min
- Time zones
- Hyderabad UTC+05:30 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+2.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 173 min — the sun rises later in Hyderabad
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
- Hyderabad
- 17.3840, 78.4564
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:36 UTC / 12:43 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.