Distance from Quito to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Quito, Ecuador and Shanghai, China is 15,977 km (9,928 mi · 8,627 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,977 km · 9,928 mi · 8,627 nmi
- Initial bearing Quito → Shanghai
- 330° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Quito
- 35° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 19 h 27 min
- Time zones
- Quito UTC-05:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 842 min — the sun rises later in Quito
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
- Quito
- -0.2298, -78.5250
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:17 UTC / 23:24 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.