Distance from Medellín to Shanghai
Medellín (Colombia) and Shanghai (China) are 15,473 km apart — that's 9,614 miles or 8,355 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,473 km · 9,614 mi · 8,355 nmi
- Initial bearing Medellín → Shanghai
- 337° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Medellín
- 26° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 18 h 52 min
- Time zones
- Medellín UTC-05:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 789 min — the sun rises later in Medellín
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
- Medellín
- 6.2450, -75.5715
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:52 UTC / 22:59 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.