Distance from Shanghai to Sydney
The great-circle distance between Shanghai, China and Sydney, Australia is 7,881 km (4,897 mi · 4,255 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,881 km · 4,897 mi · 4,255 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Sydney
- 154° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Shanghai
- 333° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 56 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Sydney UTC+10:00 (+2 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
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:43 UTC / 07:21 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.