Distance from Puebla to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Puebla, Mexico and Shanghai, China is 13,003 km (8,080 mi · 7,021 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,003 km · 8,080 mi · 7,021 nmi
- Initial bearing Puebla → Shanghai
- 322° (NW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Puebla
- 43° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 57 min
- Time zones
- Puebla UTC-06:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 897 min — the sun rises later in Puebla
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
- Puebla
- 19.0478, -98.2072
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:13 UTC / 01:06 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.