Distance from La Paz to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between La Paz, Bolivia and Shanghai, China is 18,111 km (11,254 mi · 9,779 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 18,111 km · 11,254 mi · 9,779 nmi
- Initial bearing La Paz → Shanghai
- 331° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → La Paz
- 33° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 21 h 58 min
- Time zones
- La Paz UTC-04:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 819 min — the sun rises later in La Paz
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
- La Paz
- -16.5000, -68.1500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:55 UTC / 22:23 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.