Distance from Multan to Shanghai
Multan (Pakistan) and Shanghai (China) are 4,738 km apart — that's 2,944 miles or 2,558 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,738 km · 2,944 mi · 2,558 nmi
- Initial bearing Multan → Shanghai
- 75° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Multan
- 282° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 14 min
- Time zones
- Multan UTC+05:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 202 min — the sun rises later in Multan
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
- Multan
- 30.1968, 71.4782
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:37 UTC / 14:04 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.