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PVG Shanghai ⇄ HKG Hong Kong

Shanghai Pudong International Airport (China) and Hong Kong International Airport (Hong Kong): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,255 km780 mi678 nautical miles
PVG → HKG2 h 35 minestimated block time
HKG → PVG2 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hHong Kong vs Shanghai, today
Great-circle route from Shanghai (PVG) to Hong Kong (HKG)PVGShanghaiHKGHong Kong
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

PVG → HKG

2 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 220° (SW).

Leave Shanghai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Hong Kong Sat 7 Nov, 12:35 local.

HKG → PVG

2 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 37° (NE).

Leave Hong Kong Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Shanghai Sat 7 Nov, 12:25 local.

The two directions differ by 8 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,255 km · 780 mi · 678 nmi
Initial heading220° (SW) from PVG; 37° (NE) from HKG
Farthest from the equator31.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip6% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

PVGAsia/Shanghai — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
HKGAsia/Hong_Kong — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceHong Kong is on the same clock as Shanghai today.

Jet lag, flying PVG → HKG. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

PVG Shanghai Pudong International AirportShanghai, China · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m HKG Hong Kong International AirportHong Kong, Hong Kong · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m

More routes from PVG and HKG

PEKPVG Beijing – Shanghai 1,099 km683 mi · 2 h 15 min PVGNRT Shanghai – Tokyo 1,796 km1,116 mi · 2 h 55 min SINPVG Singapore – Shanghai 3,806 km2,365 mi · 5 h 15 min YVRPVG Vancouver – Shanghai 9,016 km5,602 mi · 12 h LHRPVG London – Shanghai 9,241 km5,742 mi · 11 h LAXPVG Los Angeles – Shanghai 10,415 km6,472 mi · 14 h HKGTPE Hong Kong – Taipei 806 km501 mi · 1 h 55 min PEKHKG Beijing – Hong Kong 1,992 km1,237 mi · 3 h 20 min HKGNRT Hong Kong – Tokyo 2,962 km1,841 mi · 4 h 10 min CDGHKG Paris – Hong Kong 9,590 km5,959 mi · 11 h 10 min SFOHKG San Francisco – Hong Kong 11,128 km6,915 mi · 14 h 50 min JFKHKG New York – Hong Kong 12,970 km8,059 mi · 15 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

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Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).