Distance from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai
Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) and Shanghai (China) are 6,539 km apart — that's 4,063 miles or 3,531 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,539 km · 4,063 mi · 3,531 nmi
- Initial bearing Abu Dhabi → Shanghai
- 67° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Abu Dhabi
- 281° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 21 min
- Time zones
- Abu Dhabi UTC+04:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 279 min — the sun rises later in Abu Dhabi
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
- Abu Dhabi
- 24.4512, 54.3970
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:55 UTC / 15:03 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:16 UTC / 10:46 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.