Distance from Lusaka to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Lusaka, Zambia and Shanghai, China is 11,182 km (6,948 mi · 6,038 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,182 km · 6,948 mi · 6,038 nmi
- Initial bearing Lusaka → Shanghai
- 60° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Lusaka
- 258° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 49 min
- Time zones
- Lusaka UTC+02:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 313 min — the sun rises later in Lusaka
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
- Lusaka
- -15.4067, 28.2871
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:29 UTC / 16:14 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.