Distance from Shanghai to Suwon
The great-circle distance between Shanghai, China and Suwon, South Korea is 846 km (525 mi · 457 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 846 km · 525 mi · 457 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Suwon
- 36° (NE)
- Initial bearing Suwon → Shanghai
- 219° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 39 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Suwon UTC+09:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 33 min — the sun rises later 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
- Suwon
- 37.2911, 127.0089
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:43 UTC / 10:34 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.