Distance from Sapporo to Shanghai
Sapporo (Japan) and Shanghai (China) are 2,191 km apart — that's 1,362 miles or 1,183 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,191 km · 1,362 mi · 1,183 nmi
- Initial bearing Sapporo → Shanghai
- 240° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Sapporo
- 47° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 14 min
- Time zones
- Sapporo UTC+09:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 103 min — the sun rises earlier in Sapporo
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
- Sapporo
- 43.0667, 141.3500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:33 UTC / 09:50 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.