Distance from Kakamega to Shanghai

Flying the shortest possible route, Shanghai lies 9,678 km (6,014 miles, 5,226 nautical miles) from Kakamega — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.

The numbers
Great-circle distance
9,678 km · 6,014 mi · 5,226 nmi
Initial bearing Kakamega → Shanghai
59° (ENE)
Initial bearing Shanghai → Kakamega
269° (W)
Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
≈ 12 h 03 min
Time zones
Kakamega UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
Sunrise gap today
348 min — the sun rises later in Kakamega

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
Kakamega
0.2842, 34.7523
Sunrise / sunset today
03:31 UTC / 15:38 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.