Distance from Kawasaki to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Kawasaki, Japan and Shanghai, China is 1,759 km (1,093 mi · 950 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,759 km · 1,093 mi · 950 nmi
- Initial bearing Kawasaki → Shanghai
- 259° (W)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Kawasaki
- 69° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 44 min
- Time zones
- Kawasaki UTC+09:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 73 min — the sun rises earlier in Kawasaki
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
- Kawasaki
- 35.5206, 139.7172
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:30 UTC / 08:39 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.