Distance from Callao to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Callao, Peru and Shanghai, China is 17,155 km (10,659 mi · 9,263 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 17,155 km · 10,659 mi · 9,263 nmi
- Initial bearing Callao → Shanghai
- 321° (NW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Callao
- 46° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 20 h 50 min
- Time zones
- Callao UTC-05:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 850 min — the sun rises later in Callao
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
- Callao
- -12.0516, -77.1345
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:26 UTC / 23:04 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.