Distance from Kathmandu to Shanghai
Kathmandu (Nepal) and Shanghai (China) are 3,505 km apart — that's 2,178 miles or 1,893 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,505 km · 2,178 mi · 1,893 nmi
- Initial bearing Kathmandu → Shanghai
- 75° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Kathmandu
- 273° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 47 min
- Time zones
- Kathmandu UTC+05:45 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+2.2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 150 min — the sun rises later in Kathmandu
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
- Kathmandu
- 27.7017, 85.3206
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:46 UTC / 13:04 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.