✈ JNB → PVG
JOHANNESBURG → SHANGHAI IN 14H 47M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Johannesburg to Shanghai
From O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa → Pudong (PVG), China Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Shanghai → Johannesburg
How long is the flight from Johannesburg to Shanghai?
A nonstop flight from Johannesburg (JNB) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 14 hours 47 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,323 miles (11,786 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
14h 47m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,323 mi
11,786 km · great-circle
Avg speed
797 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Shanghai timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Time difference
+6h
6 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~6d
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 Johannesburg
Nearest destinations
- Johannesburg → Cape Town
- Johannesburg → Nairobi
- Johannesburg → Doha
- Johannesburg → Cairo
- Johannesburg → Abu Dhabi
- Johannesburg → Dubai
- Johannesburg → Tel Aviv
- Johannesburg → Mumbai
- Johannesburg → Athens
- Johannesburg → Rio de Janeiro
Long-haul from Johannesburg
- Johannesburg → San Francisco
- Johannesburg → Los Angeles
- Johannesburg → Seattle
- Johannesburg → Vancouver
- Johannesburg → Las Vegas
- Johannesburg → Dallas
- Johannesburg → Mexico City
- Johannesburg → Chicago
- Johannesburg → Atlanta
- Johannesburg → Tokyo
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