Distance from Salvador to Shanghai

Flying the shortest possible route, Shanghai lies 17,130 km (10,644 miles, 9,249 nautical miles) from Salvador — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.

The numbers
Great-circle distance
17,130 km · 10,644 mi · 9,249 nmi
Initial bearing Salvador → Shanghai
42° (NE)
Initial bearing Shanghai → Salvador
310° (NW)
Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
≈ 20 h 49 min
Time zones
Salvador UTC-03:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+11 h)
Sunrise gap today
696 min — the sun rises later in Salvador

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
Salvador
-12.9756, -38.4910
Sunrise / sunset today
08:52 UTC / 20:29 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.