Distance from Madrid to Shanghai
Madrid (Spain) and Shanghai (China) are 10,255 km apart — that's 6,372 miles or 5,537 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,255 km · 6,372 mi · 5,537 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → Shanghai
- 44° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Madrid
- 321° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 43 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+02:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 484 min — the sun rises later in Madrid
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
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:19 UTC / 19:23 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.