Distance from Mexico City to Shanghai
Mexico City (Mexico) and Shanghai (China) are 12,910 km apart — that's 8,022 miles or 6,971 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,910 km · 8,022 mi · 6,971 nmi
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Shanghai
- 322° (NW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Mexico City
- 43° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 51 min
- Time zones
- Mexico City UTC-06:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 866 min — the sun rises later in Mexico City
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
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:42 UTC / 00:01 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.