Distance from Peshawar to Shanghai
Peshawar (Pakistan) and Shanghai (China) are 4,636 km apart — that's 2,881 miles or 2,503 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,636 km · 2,881 mi · 2,503 nmi
- Initial bearing Peshawar → Shanghai
- 79° (E)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Peshawar
- 288° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 07 min
- Time zones
- Peshawar UTC+05:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 195 min — the sun rises later in Peshawar
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
- Peshawar
- 34.0080, 71.5785
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:31 UTC / 14:10 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.