Distance from Lima to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Lima, Peru and Shanghai, China is 17,161 km (10,664 mi · 9,266 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 17,161 km · 10,664 mi · 9,266 nmi
- Initial bearing Lima → Shanghai
- 321° (NW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Lima
- 46° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 20 h 51 min
- Time zones
- Lima UTC-05:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 794 min — the sun rises later in Lima
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
- Lima
- -12.0432, -77.0282
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:58 UTC / 23:05 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.