Distance from Curitiba to Shanghai
Curitiba (Brazil) and Shanghai (China) are 18,903 km apart — that's 11,746 miles or 10,207 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 18,903 km · 11,746 mi · 10,207 nmi
- Initial bearing Curitiba → Shanghai
- 52° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Curitiba
- 303° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 22 h 54 min
- Time zones
- Curitiba UTC-03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 756 min — the sun rises later in Curitiba
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
- Curitiba
- -25.4278, -49.2731
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:51 UTC / 20:56 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.