Distance from Kolkata to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Kolkata, India and Shanghai, China is 3,406 km (2,116 mi · 1,839 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,406 km · 2,116 mi · 1,839 nmi
- Initial bearing Kolkata → Shanghai
- 66° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Kolkata
- 262° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 40 min
- Time zones
- Kolkata UTC+05:30 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+2.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 133 min — the sun rises later in Kolkata
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
- Kolkata
- 22.5626, 88.3630
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:56 UTC / 12:04 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.