Distance from Kaohsiung to Shanghai
Kaohsiung (Taiwan) and Shanghai (China) are 964 km apart — that's 599 miles or 520 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 964 km · 599 mi · 520 nmi
- Initial bearing Kaohsiung → Shanghai
- 7° (N)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Kaohsiung
- 187° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 48 min
- Time zones
- Kaohsiung UTC+08:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 8 min — the sun rises earlier in Kaohsiung
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
- Kaohsiung
- 22.6163, 120.3133
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:08 UTC / 09:19 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:16 UTC / 09:02 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.