Distance from Bengaluru to Shanghai
Bengaluru (India) and Shanghai (China) are 4,912 km apart — that's 3,052 miles or 2,652 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,912 km · 3,052 mi · 2,652 nmi
- Initial bearing Bengaluru → Shanghai
- 58° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Bengaluru
- 256° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 26 min
- Time zones
- Bengaluru UTC+05:30 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+2.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 201 min — the sun rises later in Bengaluru
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
- Bengaluru
- 12.9719, 77.5937
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:37 UTC / 13:15 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.