Distance from Niamey to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Niamey, Niger and Shanghai, China is 11,858 km (7,368 mi · 6,403 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,858 km · 7,368 mi · 6,403 nmi
- Initial bearing Niamey → Shanghai
- 51° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Niamey
- 298° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 37 min
- Time zones
- Niamey UTC+01:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 453 min — the sun rises later in Niamey
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
- Niamey
- 13.5137, 2.1098
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:49 UTC / 17:23 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.