✈ PVG → CUN
16H 46M, 8,361 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.
Flight from Shanghai to Cancun
From Pudong (PVG), China Asia → Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America
↔ Flying the other way? Cancun → Shanghai
How long is the flight from Shanghai to Cancun?
A nonstop flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Cancun (CUN) 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
Shanghai timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Cancun timezone
UTC-5
America/Cancun
Time difference
-13h
13 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~9.1d
Westward — easier
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 Shanghai
Nearest destinations
- Shanghai → Taipei
- Shanghai → Seoul
- Shanghai → Beijing
- Shanghai → Hong Kong
- Shanghai → Osaka
- Shanghai → Tokyo
- Shanghai → Manila
- Shanghai → Bangkok
- Shanghai → Kuala Lumpur
- Shanghai → Singapore
Long-haul from Shanghai
- 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
More flights to North America
Flights to Cancun
Nearest origins
- Miami → Cancun
- Mexico City → Cancun
- Atlanta → Cancun
- Dallas → Cancun
- Chicago → Cancun
- New York → Cancun
- Toronto → Cancun
- Boston → Cancun
- Las Vegas → Cancun
- Los Angeles → Cancun
Long-haul to Cancun
- Bali (Denpasar) → Cancun
- Singapore → Cancun
- Kuala Lumpur → Cancun
- Bangkok → Cancun
- Mumbai → Cancun
- Manila → Cancun
- Melbourne → Cancun
- Hong Kong → Cancun
- Delhi → Cancun
- Sydney → Cancun