Distance from Novosibirsk to Shanghai
Novosibirsk (Russia) and Shanghai (China) are 4,011 km apart — that's 2,493 miles or 2,166 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,011 km · 2,493 mi · 2,166 nmi
- Initial bearing Novosibirsk → Shanghai
- 115° (ESE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Novosibirsk
- 323° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 23 min
- Time zones
- Novosibirsk UTC+07:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 210 min — the sun rises later in Novosibirsk
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
- Novosibirsk
- 55.0226, 82.9317
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:46 UTC / 10:40 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.