Distance from Medellín to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Medellín, Colombia and Shanghai, China is 15,473 km (9,614 mi · 8,355 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,473 km · 9,614 mi · 8,355 nmi
- Initial bearing Medellín → Shanghai
- 337° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Medellín
- 26° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 18 h 52 min
- Time zones
- Medellín UTC-05:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 822 min — the sun rises later in Medellín
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
- Medellín
- 6.2450, -75.5715
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:58 UTC / 23:20 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.