Distance from Nizhniy Novgorod to Shanghai
Nizhniy Novgorod (Russia) and Shanghai (China) are 6,416 km apart — that's 3,987 miles or 3,464 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,416 km · 3,987 mi · 3,464 nmi
- Initial bearing Nizhniy Novgorod → Shanghai
- 81° (E)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Nizhniy Novgorod
- 320° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 12 min
- Time zones
- Nizhniy Novgorod UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 371 min — the sun rises later in Nizhniy Novgorod
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
- Nizhniy Novgorod
- 56.3287, 44.0020
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:27 UTC / 13:10 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.