Distance from New York City to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between New York City, United States and Shanghai, China is 11,859 km (7,369 mi · 6,404 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,859 km · 7,369 mi · 6,404 nmi
- Initial bearing New York City → Shanghai
- 346° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → New York City
- 12° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 37 min
- Time zones
- New York City UTC-04:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 764 min — the sun rises later in New York 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 York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:00 UTC / 00:05 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.