Distance from Shanghai to Surat
The great-circle distance between Shanghai, China and Surat, India is 4,938 km (3,068 mi · 2,666 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,938 km · 3,068 mi · 2,666 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Surat
- 269° (W)
- Initial bearing Surat → Shanghai
- 67° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 28 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Surat UTC+05:30 (-2.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 210 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
- Surat
- 21.1959, 72.8302
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:46 UTC / 13:45 UTC
Open in the distance calculator Find the halfway point
Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.