✈ PVG → BOM

6H 47M. SHANGHAI TO MUMBAI. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.

Flight time
6h 47m
Distance
3,147 mi
Or
5,064 km
Jet lag
2.5h

Flight from Shanghai to Mumbai

From Pudong (PVG), China Asia  →  Chhatrapati Shivaji (BOM), India Asia

How long is the flight from Shanghai to Mumbai?

A nonstop flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Mumbai (BOM) takes about 6 hours 47 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,147 miles (5,064 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

6h 47m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

3,147 mi

5,064 km · great-circle

Avg speed

747 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Shanghai timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Mumbai 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 749 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 866 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 208 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.