Distance from London to Shanghai
London (United Kingdom) and Shanghai (China) are 9,197 km apart — that's 5,714 miles or 4,966 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,197 km · 5,714 mi · 4,966 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Shanghai
- 47° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → London
- 328° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 29 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+01:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 485 min — the sun rises later in London
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
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:48 UTC / 17:59 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.