Distance from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Shanghai
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) and Shanghai (China) are 18,450 km apart — that's 11,464 miles or 9,962 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 18,450 km · 11,464 mi · 9,962 nmi
- Initial bearing Santa Cruz de la Sierra → Shanghai
- 343° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- 18° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 22 h 22 min
- Time zones
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra UTC-04:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 801 min — the sun rises later in Santa Cruz de la Sierra
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
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- -17.7863, -63.1812
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:37 UTC / 22:02 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.