Distance from Shanghai to Shiraz
The great-circle distance between Shanghai, China and Shiraz, Iran is 6,498 km (4,038 mi · 3,509 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,498 km · 4,038 mi · 3,509 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Shiraz
- 288° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Shiraz → Shanghai
- 69° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 18 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Shiraz UTC+03:30 (-4.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 278 min — the sun rises earlier in Shanghai
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
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:16 UTC / 10:46 UTC
- Shiraz
- 29.6103, 52.5311
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:54 UTC / 15:19 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.