Distance from Asunción to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Asunción, Paraguay and Shanghai, China is 19,349 km (12,023 mi · 10,448 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 19,349 km · 12,023 mi · 10,448 nmi
- Initial bearing Asunción → Shanghai
- 7° (N)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Asunción
- 352° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 23 h 25 min
- Time zones
- Asunción UTC-03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 789 min — the sun rises later in Asunción
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
- Asunción
- -25.2865, -57.6470
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:25 UTC / 21:30 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.