Distance from Sanaa to Shanghai
Sanaa (Yemen) and Shanghai (China) are 7,937 km apart — that's 4,932 miles or 4,286 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,937 km · 4,932 mi · 4,286 nmi
- Initial bearing Sanaa → Shanghai
- 62° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Sanaa
- 277° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 00 min
- Time zones
- Sanaa UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 332 min — the sun rises later in Sanaa
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
- Sanaa
- 15.3545, 44.2065
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:48 UTC / 15:32 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.