Distance from Manaus to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Manaus, Brazil and Shanghai, China is 16,884 km (10,491 mi · 9,117 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 16,884 km · 10,491 mi · 9,117 nmi
- Initial bearing Manaus → Shanghai
- 357° (N)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Manaus
- 3° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 20 h 31 min
- Time zones
- Manaus UTC-04:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 727 min — the sun rises later in Manaus
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
- Manaus
- -3.1019, -60.0250
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:50 UTC / 21:57 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.