Distance from Seoul to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Seoul, South Korea and Shanghai, China is 868 km (539 mi · 469 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 868 km · 539 mi · 469 nmi
- Initial bearing Seoul → Shanghai
- 217° (SW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Seoul
- 34° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 41 min
- Time zones
- Seoul UTC+09:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 34 min — the sun rises earlier in Seoul
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
- Seoul
- 37.5660, 126.9784
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:42 UTC / 10:35 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.