Distance from Lomé to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Lomé, Togo and Shanghai, China is 12,442 km (7,731 mi · 6,718 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,442 km · 7,731 mi · 6,718 nmi
- Initial bearing Lomé → Shanghai
- 53° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Lomé
- 292° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 18 min
- Time zones
- Lomé UTC+00:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 448 min — the sun rises later in Lomé
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
- Lomé
- 6.1287, 1.2215
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:43 UTC / 17:36 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.