Distance from Phnom Penh to Shanghai
Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and Shanghai (China) are 2,769 km apart — that's 1,721 miles or 1,495 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,769 km · 1,721 mi · 1,495 nmi
- Initial bearing Phnom Penh → Shanghai
- 35° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Phnom Penh
- 221° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 55 min
- Time zones
- Phnom Penh UTC+07:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 39 min — the sun rises later in Phnom Penh
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
- Phnom Penh
- 11.5625, 104.9160
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:55 UTC / 10:35 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.