Distance from Rio de Janeiro to Shanghai
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Shanghai (China) are 18,238 km apart — that's 11,333 miles or 9,848 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 18,238 km · 11,333 mi · 9,848 nmi
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Shanghai
- 55° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Rio de Janeiro
- 298° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 22 h 07 min
- Time zones
- Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 728 min — the sun rises later in Rio de Janeiro
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
- Rio de Janeiro
- -22.9064, -43.1822
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:24 UTC / 20:35 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.