✈ PVG → DEL

5H 52M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

Flight time
5h 52m
Distance
2,667 mi
Or
4,292 km
Jet lag
2.5h

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.

✈ Flight 635 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 734 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 176 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.