✈ DXB → PVG
8H 26M IN ECONOMY. PACK MELATONIN. PACK A NECK PILLOW. PACK REGRETS.
Flight from Dubai to Shanghai
From Dubai International (DXB), UAE Middle East → Pudong (PVG), China Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Shanghai → Dubai
How long is the flight from Dubai to Shanghai?
A nonstop flight from Dubai (DXB) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 8 hours 26 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,007 miles (6,449 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 26m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,007 mi
6,449 km · great-circle
Avg speed
765 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Dubai timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Shanghai timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Time difference
+4h
4 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~4d
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 Dubai
Nearest destinations
- Dubai → Abu Dhabi
- Dubai → Doha
- Dubai → Mumbai
- Dubai → Tel Aviv
- Dubai → Delhi
- Dubai → Cairo
- Dubai → Istanbul
- Dubai → Athens
- Dubai → Bucharest
- Dubai → Nairobi
Long-haul from Dubai
- Dubai → Santiago
- Dubai → Mexico City
- Dubai → Auckland
- Dubai → Buenos Aires
- Dubai → Cancun
- Dubai → Los Angeles
- Dubai → Las Vegas
- Dubai → San Francisco
- Dubai → Dallas
- Dubai → Miami
More flights to Asia
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
- Cancun → Shanghai
- Miami → Shanghai
- Cape Town → Shanghai
- Mexico City → Shanghai
- Atlanta → Shanghai
- New York → Shanghai