Distance from Karaj to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Karaj, Iran and Shanghai, China is 6,409 km (3,982 mi · 3,461 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,409 km · 3,982 mi · 3,461 nmi
- Initial bearing Karaj → Shanghai
- 73° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Karaj
- 295° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 12 min
- Time zones
- Karaj UTC+03:30 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+4.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 282 min — the sun rises later in Karaj
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
- Karaj
- 35.8327, 50.9915
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:25 UTC / 14:34 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:43 UTC / 09:52 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.