Distance from Medan to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Medan, Indonesia and Shanghai, China is 3,891 km (2,418 mi · 2,101 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,891 km · 2,418 mi · 2,101 nmi
- Initial bearing Medan → Shanghai
- 35° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Medan
- 222° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 14 min
- Time zones
- Medan UTC+07:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 55 min — the sun rises later in Medan
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
- Medan
- 3.5833, 98.6667
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:11 UTC / 11:09 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:16 UTC / 09:02 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.