Distance from Adelaide to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Adelaide, Australia and Shanghai, China is 7,571 km (4,704 mi · 4,088 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,571 km · 4,704 mi · 4,088 nmi
- Initial bearing Adelaide → Shanghai
- 344° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Adelaide
- 165° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 34 min
- Time zones
- Adelaide UTC+09:30 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-1.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 19 min — the sun rises later in Adelaide
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
- Adelaide
- -34.9287, 138.5986
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:35 UTC / 08:09 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.