Distance from New Taipei City to Shanghai
New Taipei City (Taiwan) and Shanghai (China) are 685 km apart — that's 426 miles or 370 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 685 km · 426 mi · 370 nmi
- Initial bearing New Taipei City → Shanghai
- 0° (N)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → New Taipei City
- 180° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 28 min
- Time zones
- New Taipei City UTC+08:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 9 min — the sun rises earlier in New Taipei City
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
- New Taipei City
- 25.0620, 121.4570
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:07 UTC / 09:11 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:16 UTC / 09:02 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.