Distance from Shanghai to Tehran
Shanghai (China) and Tehran (Iran) are 6,377 km apart — that's 3,962 miles or 3,443 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,377 km · 3,962 mi · 3,443 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Tehran
- 295° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Tehran → Shanghai
- 73° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 10 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Tehran UTC+03:30 (-4.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 272 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
- Tehran
- 35.6944, 51.4215
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:48 UTC / 15:33 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.