Distance from Gujranwala to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Gujranwala, Pakistan and Shanghai, China is 4,437 km (2,757 mi · 2,396 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,437 km · 2,757 mi · 2,396 nmi
- Initial bearing Gujranwala → Shanghai
- 78° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Gujranwala
- 284° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 53 min
- Time zones
- Gujranwala UTC+05:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 188 min — the sun rises later in Gujranwala
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
- Gujranwala
- 32.1557, 74.1870
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:23 UTC / 13:56 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.