Distance from Kolkata to Shanghai
Kolkata (India) and Shanghai (China) are 3,406 km apart — that's 2,116 miles or 1,839 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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
- 120 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
- 00:15 UTC / 11:27 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:16 UTC / 09:02 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.