Distance from Shanghai to Tabriz
Flying the shortest possible route, Tabriz lies 6,730 km (4,182 miles, 3,634 nautical miles) from Shanghai — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,730 km · 4,182 mi · 3,634 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Tabriz
- 299° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Tabriz → Shanghai
- 72° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Tabriz UTC+03:30 (-4.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 288 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
- 21:16 UTC / 10:46 UTC
- Tabriz
- 38.0800, 46.2919
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:04 UTC / 15:59 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.