Distance from Los Angeles to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Los Angeles, United States and Shanghai, China is 10,436 km (6,485 mi · 5,635 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,436 km · 6,485 mi · 5,635 nmi
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Shanghai
- 312° (NW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Los Angeles
- 46° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 56 min
- Time zones
- Los Angeles UTC-07:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+15 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 954 min — the sun rises later in Los Angeles
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
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 13:10 UTC / 02:49 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.