Distance from Osaka to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Osaka, Japan and Shanghai, China is 1,365 km (848 mi · 737 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,365 km · 848 mi · 737 nmi
- Initial bearing Osaka → Shanghai
- 257° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Osaka
- 70° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Osaka UTC+09:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 50 min — the sun rises earlier in Osaka
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
- Osaka
- 34.6938, 135.5011
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:25 UTC / 08:00 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.