Distance from Shanghai to Yekaterinburg

Flying the shortest possible route, Yekaterinburg lies 5,400 km (3,355 miles, 2,916 nautical miles) from Shanghai — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.

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
175 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
Yekaterinburg
56.8573, 60.6153
Sunrise / sunset today
00:11 UTC / 15:57 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.