Distance from Cần Thơ to Shanghai
Cần Thơ (Vietnam) and Shanghai (China) are 2,857 km apart — that's 1,775 miles or 1,543 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,857 km · 1,775 mi · 1,543 nmi
- Initial bearing Cần Thơ → Shanghai
- 32° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Cần Thơ
- 218° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Cần Thơ UTC+07:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 92 min — the sun rises later in Cần Thơ
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
- Cần Thơ
- 10.0371, 105.7883
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:48 UTC / 11:19 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.