✈ PVG → DXB
SHANGHAI → DUBAI: 8H 26M, 4,007 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Shanghai to Dubai
From Pudong (PVG), China Asia → Dubai International (DXB), UAE Middle East
↔ Flying the other way? Dubai → Shanghai
How long is the flight from Shanghai to Dubai?
A nonstop flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Dubai (DXB) takes about 8 hours 26 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,007 miles (6,449 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 26m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,007 mi
6,449 km · great-circle
Avg speed
765 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Shanghai timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Dubai timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Time difference
-4h
4 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~2.8d
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 Middle East
Flights to Dubai
Nearest origins
- Abu Dhabi → Dubai
- Doha → Dubai
- Mumbai → Dubai
- Tel Aviv → Dubai
- Delhi → Dubai
- Cairo → Dubai
- Istanbul → Dubai
- Athens → Dubai
- Bucharest → Dubai
- Nairobi → Dubai
Long-haul to Dubai
- Santiago → Dubai
- Mexico City → Dubai
- Auckland → Dubai
- Buenos Aires → Dubai
- Cancun → Dubai
- Los Angeles → Dubai
- Las Vegas → Dubai
- San Francisco → Dubai
- Dallas → Dubai
- Miami → Dubai