Distance from Isfahan to Shanghai
Isfahan (Iran) and Shanghai (China) are 6,460 km apart — that's 4,014 miles or 3,488 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,460 km · 4,014 mi · 3,488 nmi
- Initial bearing Isfahan → Shanghai
- 71° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Isfahan
- 291° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Isfahan UTC+03:30 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+4.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 279 min — the sun rises later in Isfahan
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
- Isfahan
- 32.6525, 51.6746
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:23 UTC / 14:31 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.