✈ FCO → PVG

11H 40M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
11h 40m
Distance
5,698 mi
Or
9,170 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Rome to Shanghai

From Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe  →  Pudong (PVG), China Asia

How long is the flight from Rome to Shanghai?

A nonstop flight from Rome (FCO) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 11 hours 40 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,698 miles (9,170 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 40m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,698 mi

9,170 km · great-circle

Avg speed

786 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rome timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Rome

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.

✈ Flight 1357 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1568 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 376 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.