Distance from Abidjan to Shanghai
Flying the shortest possible route, Shanghai lies 12,950 km (8,047 miles, 6,992 nautical miles) from Abidjan — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,950 km · 8,047 mi · 6,992 nmi
- Initial bearing Abidjan → Shanghai
- 51° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Abidjan
- 295° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 54 min
- Time zones
- Abidjan UTC+00:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 537 min — the sun rises later in Abidjan
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
- Abidjan
- 5.3544, -4.0017
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:13 UTC / 18:32 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:16 UTC / 10:46 UTC
Open in the distance calculator Find the halfway point
Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.