Distance from Lahore to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Lahore, Pakistan and Shanghai, China is 4,436 km (2,756 mi · 2,395 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,436 km · 2,756 mi · 2,395 nmi
- Initial bearing Lahore → Shanghai
- 78° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Lahore
- 283° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 53 min
- Time zones
- Lahore UTC+05:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 188 min — the sun rises later in Lahore
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
- Lahore
- 31.5580, 74.3507
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:24 UTC / 13:55 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.