Distance from Port-au-Prince to Shanghai
Port-au-Prince (Haiti) and Shanghai (China) are 14,289 km apart — that's 8,879 miles or 7,715 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 14,289 km · 8,879 mi · 7,715 nmi
- Initial bearing Port-au-Prince → Shanghai
- 345° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Port-au-Prince
- 17° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 17 h 28 min
- Time zones
- Port-au-Prince UTC-04:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 794 min — the sun rises later in Port-au-Prince
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
- Port-au-Prince
- 18.5435, -72.3388
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:30 UTC / 23:22 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.