Distance from Shanghai to Yangon
The great-circle distance between Shanghai, China and Yangon, Myanmar is 3,017 km (1,874 mi · 1,629 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,017 km · 1,874 mi · 1,629 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Yangon
- 244° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Yangon → Shanghai
- 53° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 12 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Yangon UTC+06:30 (-1.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 122 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
- Yangon
- 16.8053, 96.1561
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:18 UTC / 12:06 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.