Distance from Shanghai to Singapore
Shanghai (China) and Singapore (Singapore) are 3,809 km apart — that's 2,367 miles or 2,057 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,809 km · 2,367 mi · 2,057 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Singapore
- 213° (SSW)
- Initial bearing Singapore → Shanghai
- 27° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 08 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Singapore UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 31 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
- Singapore
- 1.2897, 103.8501
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:47 UTC / 10:51 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.