Distance from Johannesburg to Shanghai
Johannesburg (South Africa) and Shanghai (China) are 11,780 km apart — that's 7,320 miles or 6,360 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,780 km · 7,320 mi · 6,360 nmi
- Initial bearing Johannesburg → Shanghai
- 63° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Johannesburg
- 249° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 31 min
- Time zones
- Johannesburg UTC+02:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 374 min — the sun rises later in Johannesburg
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
- Johannesburg
- -26.2023, 28.0436
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:57 UTC / 16:05 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.