Distance from Hanoi to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Hanoi, Vietnam and Shanghai, China is 1,924 km (1,196 mi · 1,039 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,924 km · 1,196 mi · 1,039 nmi
- Initial bearing Hanoi → Shanghai
- 51° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Hanoi
- 238° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 55 min
- Time zones
- Hanoi UTC+07:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 78 min — the sun rises later in Hanoi
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
- Hanoi
- 21.0245, 105.8412
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:34 UTC / 11:33 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.