Distance from Montréal to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Montréal, Canada and Shanghai, China is 11,349 km (7,052 mi · 6,128 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,349 km · 7,052 mi · 6,128 nmi
- Initial bearing Montréal → Shanghai
- 347° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Montréal
- 11° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Montréal UTC-04:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 780 min — the sun rises later in Montréal
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
- Montréal
- 45.5088, -73.5878
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:43 UTC / 22:52 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.