Distance from Shanghai to Shenzhen
The great-circle distance between Shanghai, China and Shenzhen, China is 1,211 km (752 mi · 654 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,211 km · 752 mi · 654 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Shenzhen
- 219° (SW)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Shanghai
- 36° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 05 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 17 min — the sun rises earlier in Shanghai
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
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:16 UTC / 09:02 UTC
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:33 UTC / 09:44 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.