Distance from Karachi to Shanghai
Karachi (Pakistan) and Shanghai (China) are 5,338 km apart — that's 3,317 miles or 2,882 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,338 km · 3,317 mi · 2,882 nmi
- Initial bearing Karachi → Shanghai
- 69° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Karachi
- 277° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 56 min
- Time zones
- Karachi UTC+05:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 228 min — the sun rises later in Karachi
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
- Karachi
- 24.8608, 67.0104
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:04 UTC / 14:13 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.