Distance from Khulna to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Khulna, Bangladesh and Shanghai, China is 3,282 km (2,039 mi · 1,772 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,282 km · 2,039 mi · 1,772 nmi
- Initial bearing Khulna → Shanghai
- 67° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Khulna
- 261° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 31 min
- Time zones
- Khulna UTC+06:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 141 min — the sun rises later in Khulna
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
- Khulna
- 22.8098, 89.5644
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:36 UTC / 12:40 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:16 UTC / 10:46 UTC
Open in the distance calculator Find the halfway point
Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.