Shanghai to Valencia sea distance

Shanghai, China (CNSHA) to Valencia, Spain (ESVLC) is 9,005 nautical miles (16,677 km) by sea, via the Suez Canal.

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Distance and sailing time

Time at sea only, excluding port calls, canal waiting and weather.

Passages

• Strait of Malacca
• Bab-el-Mandeb
• Suez Canal

With Suez closed

Avoiding the Suez Canal, the shortest route is 13,227 nm (24,497 km) via the Cape of Good Hope: 4,222 nm (47%) longer, or about 12.6 extra days at 14 knots.

Emissions estimate

Rough estimate for a post-Panamax container ship, not a certified figure. ECA share uses bounding boxes.

Compute it yourself

import { seaRoute } from 'searoute-ts';
import 'searoute-ts/ports';

const route = seaRoute('CNSHA', 'ESVLC', { vesselDraftMeters: 14 });
console.log(route.properties.length); // 9,005 nm

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Related routes

Reverse direction: Valencia to Shanghai · 9,005 nm

More from Shanghai

• Shanghai to Busan · 460 nm
• Shanghai to Yokohama · 1,024 nm
• Shanghai to Singapore · 2,226 nm
• Shanghai to Port Klang (Pelabuhan Klang) · 2,415 nm
• Shanghai to Colombo · 3,860 nm
• Shanghai to Sydney · 4,607 nm

More to Valencia

• Singapore to Valencia · 6,779 nm
• Ningbo to Valencia · 8,899 nm

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