Distance from Phnom Penh to Shanghai
Flying the shortest possible route, Shanghai lies 2,769 km (1,721 miles, 1,495 nautical miles) from Phnom Penh — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
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
- 94 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
- 22:50 UTC / 11:24 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.