Distance from Shanghai to Tianjin
The great-circle distance between Shanghai, China and Tianjin, China is 962 km (598 mi · 520 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 962 km · 598 mi · 520 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Tianjin
- 337° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Tianjin → Shanghai
- 155° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 47 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Tianjin UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 2 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
- Tianjin
- 39.1422, 117.1767
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:18 UTC / 11:17 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.