Distance from Palembang to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Palembang, Indonesia and Shanghai, China is 4,188 km (2,602 mi · 2,261 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,188 km · 2,602 mi · 2,261 nmi
- Initial bearing Palembang → Shanghai
- 24° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Palembang
- 208° (SSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Palembang UTC+07:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 68 min — the sun rises later in Palembang
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
- Palembang
- -2.9167, 104.7458
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:51 UTC / 10:58 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:43 UTC / 09:52 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.