Distance from Madinah to Shanghai
Madinah (Saudi Arabia) and Shanghai (China) are 7,898 km apart — that's 4,907 miles or 4,264 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,898 km · 4,907 mi · 4,264 nmi
- Initial bearing Madinah → Shanghai
- 64° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Madinah
- 288° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 57 min
- Time zones
- Madinah UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 338 min — the sun rises later in Madinah
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
- Madinah
- 24.4686, 39.6142
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:54 UTC / 16:02 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:16 UTC / 10:46 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.