Distance from Guangzhou to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Guangzhou, China and Shanghai, China is 1,212 km (753 mi · 655 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,212 km · 753 mi · 655 nmi
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Shanghai
- 40° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Guangzhou
- 224° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 05 min
- Time zones
- Guangzhou UTC+08:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 45 min — the sun rises later in Guangzhou
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
- Guangzhou
- 23.1167, 113.2500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:01 UTC / 11:06 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.