✈ PVG → DEL
5H 52M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Shanghai to Delhi
From Pudong (PVG), China Asia → Indira Gandhi (DEL), India Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Delhi → Shanghai
How long is the flight from Shanghai to Delhi?
A nonstop flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Delhi (DEL) takes about 5 hours 52 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 2,667 miles (4,292 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
5h 52m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
2,667 mi
4,292 km · great-circle
Avg speed
732 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Shanghai timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Delhi timezone
UTC+5:30
Asia/Kolkata
Time difference
-2.5h
2h 30m behind
Jet lag (rough)
~1.8d
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 → Cancun
- Shanghai → Miami
- Shanghai → Cape Town
- Shanghai → Mexico City
- Shanghai → Atlanta
- Shanghai → New York
More flights to Asia
Flights to Delhi
Nearest origins
- Mumbai → Delhi
- Dubai → Delhi
- Abu Dhabi → Delhi
- Doha → Delhi
- Bangkok → Delhi
- Hong Kong → Delhi
- Beijing → Delhi
- Kuala Lumpur → Delhi
- Tel Aviv → Delhi
- Singapore → Delhi
Long-haul to Delhi
- Santiago → Delhi
- Buenos Aires → Delhi
- Mexico City → Delhi
- São Paulo → Delhi
- Cancun → Delhi
- Rio de Janeiro → Delhi
- Miami → Delhi
- Dallas → Delhi
- Los Angeles → Delhi
- Atlanta → Delhi