Distance from Milan to Shanghai
Milan (Italy) and Shanghai (China) are 9,098 km apart — that's 5,654 miles or 4,913 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,098 km · 5,654 mi · 4,913 nmi
- Initial bearing Milan → Shanghai
- 53° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Milan
- 319° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 22 min
- Time zones
- Milan UTC+01:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 477 min — the sun rises later in Milan
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
- Milan
- 45.4643, 9.1895
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:13 UTC / 16:03 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.