Distance from Kyiv to Shanghai
Kyiv (Ukraine) and Shanghai (China) are 7,449 km apart — that's 4,629 miles or 4,022 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,449 km · 4,629 mi · 4,022 nmi
- Initial bearing Kyiv → Shanghai
- 68° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Kyiv
- 316° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 25 min
- Time zones
- Kyiv UTC+02:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 405 min — the sun rises later in Kyiv
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
- Kyiv
- 50.4547, 30.5238
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:01 UTC / 14:24 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.