✈ WAW → PVG

10H 17M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
10h 17m
Distance
4,972 mi
Or
8,001 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Warsaw to Shanghai

From Chopin (WAW), Poland Europe  →  Pudong (PVG), China Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Shanghai → Warsaw

How long is the flight from Warsaw to Shanghai?

A nonstop flight from Warsaw (WAW) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 10 hours 17 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,972 miles (8,001 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 17m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,972 mi

8,001 km · great-circle

Avg speed

779 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Warsaw timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Warsaw

Shanghai timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+6h

6 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~6d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1184 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1368 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 328 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.