Distance from Shanghai to Tijuana
The great-circle distance between Shanghai, China and Tijuana, Mexico is 10,637 km (6,610 mi · 5,744 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,637 km · 6,610 mi · 5,744 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Tijuana
- 46° (NE)
- Initial bearing Tijuana → Shanghai
- 313° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 10 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Tijuana UTC-07:00 (-15 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 952 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
- Tijuana
- 32.5027, -117.0037
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 13:08 UTC / 02:41 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.