Distance from Mosul to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Mosul, Iraq and Shanghai, China is 7,060 km (4,387 mi · 3,812 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,060 km · 4,387 mi · 3,812 nmi
- Initial bearing Mosul → Shanghai
- 69° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Mosul
- 298° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 58 min
- Time zones
- Mosul UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 304 min — the sun rises later in Mosul
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
- Mosul
- 36.3350, 43.1189
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:20 UTC / 16:08 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:16 UTC / 10:46 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.