Distance from Santiago to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Santiago, Chile and Shanghai, China is 18,852 km (11,714 mi · 10,179 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 18,852 km · 11,714 mi · 10,179 nmi
- Initial bearing Santiago → Shanghai
- 261° (W)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Santiago
- 106° (ESE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 22 h 50 min
- Time zones
- Santiago UTC-03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 682 min — the sun rises later in Santiago
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
- Santiago
- -33.4569, -70.6483
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:38 UTC / 23:17 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.