Distance from Shanghai to Warsaw
Shanghai (China) and Warsaw (Poland) are 7,967 km apart — that's 4,951 miles or 4,302 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,967 km · 4,951 mi · 4,302 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Warsaw
- 321° (NW)
- Initial bearing Warsaw → Shanghai
- 62° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 02 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Warsaw UTC+02:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 400 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
- Warsaw
- 52.2298, 21.0118
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:24 UTC / 16:35 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.