Distance from Shanghai to Sydney
Shanghai (China) and Sydney (Australia) are 7,881 km apart — that's 4,897 miles or 4,255 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,881 km · 4,897 mi · 4,255 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Sydney
- 154° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Shanghai
- 333° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 56 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Sydney UTC+11:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 206 min — the sun rises later 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
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 18:50 UTC / 08:30 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.