Distance from Chengdu to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Chengdu, China and Shanghai, China is 1,658 km (1,030 mi · 895 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,658 km · 1,030 mi · 895 nmi
- Initial bearing Chengdu → Shanghai
- 83° (E)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Chengdu
- 272° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 37 min
- Time zones
- Chengdu UTC+08:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 71 min — the sun rises later in Chengdu
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
- Chengdu
- 30.6667, 104.0667
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:26 UTC / 11:54 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.