✈ CUN → PVG

16H 46M, 8,361 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
16h 46m
Distance
8,361 mi
Or
13,455 km
Jet lag
13h

Flight from Cancun to Shanghai

From Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America  →  Pudong (PVG), China Asia

How long is the flight from Cancun to Shanghai?

A nonstop flight from Cancun (CUN) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 16 hours 46 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,361 miles (13,455 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

16h 46m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,361 mi

13,455 km · great-circle

Avg speed

802 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cancun timezone

UTC-5

America/Cancun

Shanghai timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+13h

13 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~13d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1991 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2301 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 552 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.