Distance from Shanghai to Shiraz
Shanghai (China) and Shiraz (Iran) are 6,498 km apart — that's 4,038 miles or 3,509 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,498 km · 4,038 mi · 3,509 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Shiraz
- 288° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Shiraz → Shanghai
- 69° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 18 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Shiraz UTC+03:30 (-4.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 276 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
- 21:43 UTC / 09:52 UTC
- Shiraz
- 29.6103, 52.5311
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:19 UTC / 14:27 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.