Distance from Osaka to Shanghai
Osaka (Japan) and Shanghai (China) are 1,365 km apart — that's 848 miles or 737 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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
- 62 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
- 20:14 UTC / 09:56 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.