✈ CUN → PVG
16H 46M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.
Flight from Cancun to Shanghai
From Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America → Pudong (PVG), China Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Shanghai → Cancun
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.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Cancun
Nearest destinations
- Cancun → Miami
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Long-haul from Cancun
- Cancun → Bali (Denpasar)
- Cancun → Singapore
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Flights to Shanghai
Nearest origins
- Taipei → Shanghai
- Seoul → Shanghai
- Beijing → Shanghai
- Hong Kong → Shanghai
- Osaka → Shanghai
- Tokyo → Shanghai
- Manila → Shanghai
- Bangkok → Shanghai
- Kuala Lumpur → Shanghai
- Singapore → Shanghai
Long-haul to Shanghai
- Buenos Aires → Shanghai
- Santiago → Shanghai
- São Paulo → Shanghai
- Rio de Janeiro → Shanghai
- Miami → Shanghai
- Cape Town → Shanghai
- Mexico City → Shanghai
- Atlanta → Shanghai
- New York → Shanghai
- Dallas → Shanghai