Distance from Monrovia to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Monrovia, Liberia and Shanghai, China is 13,452 km (8,359 mi · 7,263 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,452 km · 8,359 mi · 7,263 nmi
- Initial bearing Monrovia → Shanghai
- 48° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Monrovia
- 301° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 16 h 29 min
- Time zones
- Monrovia UTC+00:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 530 min — the sun rises later in Monrovia
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
- Monrovia
- 6.3005, -10.7969
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:33 UTC / 18:40 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.