Distance from Shanghai to Yekaterinburg
Shanghai (China) and Yekaterinburg (Russia) are 5,400 km apart — that's 3,355 miles or 2,916 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,400 km · 3,355 mi · 2,916 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Yekaterinburg
- 320° (NW)
- Initial bearing Yekaterinburg → Shanghai
- 95° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Yekaterinburg UTC+05:00 (-3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 307 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
- Yekaterinburg
- 56.8573, 60.6153
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:23 UTC / 12:01 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.