Distance from Makkah to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Makkah, Saudi Arabia and Shanghai, China is 8,032 km (4,991 mi · 4,337 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,032 km · 4,991 mi · 4,337 nmi
- Initial bearing Makkah → Shanghai
- 63° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Makkah
- 285° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 06 min
- Time zones
- Makkah UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 341 min — the sun rises later in Makkah
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
- Makkah
- 21.4266, 39.8256
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:57 UTC / 15:57 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.