Distance from Kuala Lumpur to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Shanghai, China is 3,747 km (2,329 mi · 2,023 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,747 km · 2,329 mi · 2,023 nmi
- Initial bearing Kuala Lumpur → Shanghai
- 31° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Kuala Lumpur
- 217° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 04 min
- Time zones
- Kuala Lumpur UTC+08:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 80 min — the sun rises later in Kuala Lumpur
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
- Kuala Lumpur
- 3.1412, 101.6865
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:03 UTC / 11:10 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.