Distance from Rome to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Rome, Italy and Shanghai, China is 9,116 km (5,665 mi · 4,922 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,116 km · 5,665 mi · 4,922 nmi
- Initial bearing Rome → Shanghai
- 55° (NE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Rome
- 315° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 23 min
- Time zones
- Rome UTC+02:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 415 min — the sun rises later in Rome
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
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:11 UTC / 18:22 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.