Distance from Niamey to Shanghai
Niamey (Niger) and Shanghai (China) are 11,858 km apart — that's 7,368 miles or 6,403 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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
- 503 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
- 05:38 UTC / 18:18 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.