Distance from Al Başrah al Qadīmah to Shanghai
Al Başrah al Qadīmah (Iraq) and Shanghai (China) are 6,886 km apart — that's 4,279 miles or 3,718 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,886 km · 4,279 mi · 3,718 nmi
- Initial bearing Al Başrah al Qadīmah → Shanghai
- 68° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Al Başrah al Qadīmah
- 290° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 46 min
- Time zones
- Al Başrah al Qadīmah UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 296 min — the sun rises later in Al Başrah al Qadīmah
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
- Al Başrah al Qadīmah
- 30.5032, 47.8151
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:12 UTC / 15:39 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.