Distance from Iztapalapa to Shanghai
Iztapalapa (Mexico) and Shanghai (China) are 12,921 km apart — that's 8,029 miles or 6,977 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,921 km · 8,029 mi · 6,977 nmi
- Initial bearing Iztapalapa → Shanghai
- 322° (NW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Iztapalapa
- 43° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 52 min
- Time zones
- Iztapalapa UTC-06:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 900 min — the sun rises later in Iztapalapa
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
- Iztapalapa
- 19.3553, -99.0622
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:16 UTC / 01:10 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.