Distance from Karachi to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Karachi, Pakistan and Shanghai, China is 5,338 km (3,317 mi · 2,882 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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
- 208 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
- 01:44 UTC / 12:49 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.