Distance from N'Djamena to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between N'Djamena, Chad and Shanghai, China is 10,822 km (6,725 mi · 5,844 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,822 km · 6,725 mi · 5,844 nmi
- Initial bearing N'Djamena → Shanghai
- 56° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → N'Djamena
- 289° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 23 min
- Time zones
- N'Djamena UTC+01:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 453 min — the sun rises later in N'Djamena
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
- N'Djamena
- 12.1067, 15.0444
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:48 UTC / 17:24 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.