Distance from Minsk to Shanghai
Minsk (Belarus) and Shanghai (China) are 7,492 km apart — that's 4,655 miles or 4,045 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,492 km · 4,655 mi · 4,045 nmi
- Initial bearing Minsk → Shanghai
- 68° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Minsk
- 320° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 28 min
- Time zones
- Minsk UTC+03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 320 min — the sun rises later in Minsk
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
- Minsk
- 53.9002, 27.5665
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:36 UTC / 17:57 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.