Distance from Shanghai to Tripoli
Shanghai (China) and Tripoli (Libya) are 9,648 km apart — that's 5,995 miles or 5,210 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,648 km · 5,995 mi · 5,210 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Tripoli
- 307° (NW)
- Initial bearing Tripoli → Shanghai
- 54° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Tripoli UTC+02:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 430 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
- Tripoli
- 32.8874, 13.1873
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:26 UTC / 18:01 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.