Distance from Shanghai to Toronto
Shanghai (China) and Toronto (Canada) are 11,418 km apart — that's 7,095 miles or 6,165 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,418 km · 7,095 mi · 6,165 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Toronto
- 15° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Toronto → Shanghai
- 342° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 05 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Toronto UTC-05:00 (-13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 828 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
- 22:16 UTC / 09:02 UTC
- Toronto
- 43.7064, -79.3986
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:03 UTC / 22:01 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.