Distance from León de los Aldama to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between León de los Aldama, Mexico and Shanghai, China is 12,597 km (7,827 mi · 6,802 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,597 km · 7,827 mi · 6,802 nmi
- Initial bearing León de los Aldama → Shanghai
- 320° (NW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → León de los Aldama
- 44° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 29 min
- Time zones
- León de los Aldama UTC-06:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 878 min — the sun rises later in León de los Aldama
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
- León de los Aldama
- 21.1218, -101.6825
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:54 UTC / 00:09 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.