Distance from Shanghai to Tainan
Shanghai (China) and Tainan (Taiwan) are 924 km apart — that's 574 miles or 499 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 924 km · 574 mi · 499 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Tainan
- 188° (S)
- Initial bearing Tainan → Shanghai
- 7° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 45 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Tainan UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 5 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
- Tainan
- 22.9908, 120.2133
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:49 UTC / 09:56 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.