Distance from Kakamega to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Kakamega, Kenya and Shanghai, China is 9,678 km (6,014 mi · 5,226 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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
- 388 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
- 03:44 UTC / 15:51 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.