Distance from Philadelphia to Shanghai
Flying the shortest possible route, Shanghai lies 11,917 km (7,405 miles, 6,435 nautical miles) from Philadelphia — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,917 km · 7,405 mi · 6,435 nmi
- Initial bearing Philadelphia → Shanghai
- 345° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Philadelphia
- 13° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 41 min
- Time zones
- Philadelphia UTC-04:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 771 min — the sun rises later in Philadelphia
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
- Philadelphia
- 39.9524, -75.1636
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:06 UTC / 00:08 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.