Distance from Kyiv to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Kyiv, Ukraine and Shanghai, China is 7,449 km (4,629 mi · 4,022 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 320 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
- 02:36 UTC / 17:33 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:16 UTC / 10:46 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.