Distance from Basrah to Shanghai
Basrah (Iraq) and Shanghai (China) are 6,889 km apart — that's 4,280 miles or 3,720 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,889 km · 4,280 mi · 3,720 nmi
- Initial bearing Basrah → Shanghai
- 68° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Basrah
- 290° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 46 min
- Time zones
- Basrah UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 296 min — the sun rises later in Basrah
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
- Basrah
- 30.5085, 47.7804
- 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.