Distance from Perth to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Perth, Australia and Shanghai, China is 7,049 km (4,380 mi · 3,806 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,049 km · 4,380 mi · 3,806 nmi
- Initial bearing Perth → Shanghai
- 5° (N)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Perth
- 185° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 57 min
- Time zones
- Perth UTC+08:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 105 min — the sun rises later in Perth
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
- Perth
- -31.9522, 115.8614
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:01 UTC / 09:45 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.