Distance from Shanghai to Sydney
Flying the shortest possible route, Sydney lies 7,881 km (4,897 miles, 4,255 nautical miles) from Shanghai — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
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+10:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 118 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
- 21:43 UTC / 09:52 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:45 UTC / 07:52 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.