Distance from Mashhad to Shanghai
Mashhad (Iran) and Shanghai (China) are 5,649 km apart — that's 3,510 miles or 3,050 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,649 km · 3,510 mi · 3,050 nmi
- Initial bearing Mashhad → Shanghai
- 77° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Mashhad
- 294° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 18 min
- Time zones
- Mashhad UTC+03:30 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+4.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 247 min — the sun rises later in Mashhad
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
- Mashhad
- 36.2981, 59.6057
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:51 UTC / 13:59 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.