Distance from Kobe to Shanghai
Kobe (Japan) and Shanghai (China) are 1,336 km apart — that's 830 miles or 721 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,336 km · 830 mi · 721 nmi
- Initial bearing Kobe → Shanghai
- 257° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Kobe
- 70° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 14 min
- Time zones
- Kobe UTC+09:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 55 min — the sun rises earlier in Kobe
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
- Kobe
- 34.6913, 135.1830
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:48 UTC / 08:57 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.