Distance from Istanbul to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Istanbul, Türkiye and Shanghai, China is 7,987 km (4,963 mi · 4,312 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,987 km · 4,963 mi · 4,312 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Shanghai
- 64° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Istanbul
- 307° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 03 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 370 min — the sun rises later in Istanbul
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
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:53 UTC / 16:02 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.