✈ PVG → JNB
14H 47M, 7,323 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Shanghai to Johannesburg
From Pudong (PVG), China Asia → O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Johannesburg → Shanghai
How long is the flight from Shanghai to Johannesburg?
A nonstop flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Johannesburg (JNB) takes about 14 hours 47 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,323 miles (11,786 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
14h 47m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,323 mi
11,786 km · great-circle
Avg speed
797 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Shanghai timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
-6h
6 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.2d
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 Africa
Flights to Johannesburg
Nearest origins
- Cape Town → Johannesburg
- Nairobi → Johannesburg
- Doha → Johannesburg
- Cairo → Johannesburg
- Abu Dhabi → Johannesburg
- Dubai → Johannesburg
- Tel Aviv → Johannesburg
- Mumbai → Johannesburg
- Athens → Johannesburg
- Rio de Janeiro → Johannesburg
Long-haul to Johannesburg
- San Francisco → Johannesburg
- Los Angeles → Johannesburg
- Seattle → Johannesburg
- Vancouver → Johannesburg
- Las Vegas → Johannesburg
- Dallas → Johannesburg
- Mexico City → Johannesburg
- Chicago → Johannesburg
- Atlanta → Johannesburg
- Tokyo → Johannesburg