Distance from Shanghai to Wuhan
Flying the shortest possible route, Wuhan lies 690 km (429 miles, 372 nautical miles) from Shanghai — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 690 km · 429 mi · 372 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Wuhan
- 266° (W)
- Initial bearing Wuhan → Shanghai
- 82° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 28 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Wuhan UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 28 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
- Wuhan
- 30.5833, 114.2667
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:44 UTC / 09:31 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.