Distance from Kampala to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Kampala, Uganda and Shanghai, China is 9,882 km (6,141 mi · 5,336 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,882 km · 6,141 mi · 5,336 nmi
- Initial bearing Kampala → Shanghai
- 59° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Kampala
- 270° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 17 min
- Time zones
- Kampala UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 397 min — the sun rises later in Kampala
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
- Kampala
- 0.3163, 32.5822
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:52 UTC / 16:00 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:16 UTC / 10:46 UTC
Open in the distance calculator Find the halfway point
Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.