Distance from Shanghai to Yokohama
The great-circle distance between Shanghai, China and Yokohama, Japan is 1,751 km (1,088 mi · 945 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,751 km · 1,088 mi · 945 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Yokohama
- 70° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Yokohama → Shanghai
- 260° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 43 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Yokohama UTC+09:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 80 min — the sun rises later 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
- Yokohama
- 35.4333, 139.6500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:56 UTC / 09:40 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.