Distance from Maracaibo to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Maracaibo, Venezuela and Shanghai, China is 15,156 km (9,417 mi · 8,183 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,156 km · 9,417 mi · 8,183 nmi
- Initial bearing Maracaibo → Shanghai
- 344° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Maracaibo
- 19° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 18 h 29 min
- Time zones
- Maracaibo UTC-04:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 801 min — the sun rises later in Maracaibo
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
- Maracaibo
- 10.6423, -71.6109
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:37 UTC / 23:09 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.