Distance from Rabat to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Rabat, Morocco and Shanghai, China is 10,962 km (6,812 mi · 5,919 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,962 km · 6,812 mi · 5,919 nmi
- Initial bearing Rabat → Shanghai
- 43° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Rabat
- 319° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 33 min
- Time zones
- Rabat UTC+01:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 518 min — the sun rises later in Rabat
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
- Rabat
- 34.0132, -6.8326
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:54 UTC / 17:30 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.