Distance from São Paulo to Shanghai
Flying the shortest possible route, Shanghai lies 18,564 km (11,535 miles, 10,024 nautical miles) from São Paulo — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 18,564 km · 11,535 mi · 10,024 nmi
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Shanghai
- 51° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → São Paulo
- 303° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 22 h 30 min
- Time zones
- São Paulo UTC-03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 673 min — the sun rises later in São Paulo
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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:56 UTC / 21:04 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:43 UTC / 09:52 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.