Distance from Montevideo to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Montevideo, Uruguay and Shanghai, China is 19,551 km (12,148 mi · 10,557 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 19,551 km · 12,148 mi · 10,557 nmi
- Initial bearing Montevideo → Shanghai
- 151° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Montevideo
- 208° (SSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 23 h 40 min
- Time zones
- Montevideo UTC-03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 710 min — the sun rises later in Montevideo
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
- Montevideo
- -34.9033, -56.1882
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:34 UTC / 21:42 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.