Distance from Kowloon to Shanghai
Kowloon (Hong Kong) and Shanghai (China) are 1,225 km apart — that's 761 miles or 661 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,225 km · 761 mi · 661 nmi
- Initial bearing Kowloon → Shanghai
- 35° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Kowloon
- 218° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 06 min
- Time zones
- Kowloon UTC+08:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 43 min — the sun rises later in Kowloon
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
- Kowloon
- 22.3167, 114.1833
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:58 UTC / 11:01 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.