Distance from Luanda to Shanghai
Luanda (Angola) and Shanghai (China) are 12,244 km apart — that's 7,608 miles or 6,611 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,244 km · 7,608 mi · 6,611 nmi
- Initial bearing Luanda → Shanghai
- 60° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Luanda
- 272° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 04 min
- Time zones
- Luanda UTC+01:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 382 min — the sun rises later in Luanda
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
- Luanda
- -8.8368, 13.2343
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:38 UTC / 17:06 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.