Distance from Hamburg to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Hamburg, Germany and Shanghai, China is 8,522 km (5,295 mi · 4,602 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,522 km · 5,295 mi · 4,602 nmi
- Initial bearing Hamburg → Shanghai
- 55° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Hamburg
- 325° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 41 min
- Time zones
- Hamburg UTC+02:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 392 min — the sun rises later in Hamburg
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
- Hamburg
- 53.5507, 9.9930
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:48 UTC / 19:06 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.