Distance from Havana to Shanghai
Havana (Cuba) and Shanghai (China) are 13,459 km apart — that's 8,363 miles or 7,267 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,459 km · 8,363 mi · 7,267 nmi
- Initial bearing Havana → Shanghai
- 336° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Havana
- 26° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 16 h 30 min
- Time zones
- Havana UTC-04:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 828 min — the sun rises later in Havana
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
- Havana
- 23.1330, -82.3830
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:04 UTC / 00:08 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.