🇨🇳 Shanghai → 🇵🇪 Lima

The flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Lima (LIM) covers approximately 17,135 kilometers (10,647 miles) based on the great-circle distance between both airports. This is the shortest theoretical path over Earth's surface, though actual flight paths may be slightly longer due to air traffic routing, weather avoidance, and airspace restrictions.

The estimated non-stop flight time is 20h 29m to 22h 51m, assuming a modern jet cruising at approximately 850 km/h. This gate-to-gate estimate includes time for taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, and landing. Actual duration varies based on wind conditions — particularly the jet stream — aircraft type, and airport congestion at both ends.

Lima is 13 hour(s) behind Shanghai. Travelers crossing 13 time zone(s) westward can expect severe jet lag, with full circadian adjustment typically taking about 10 day(s).

Since you're traveling westward, your body clock needs to delay — meaning you'll feel alert later into the evening and sluggish in the morning. Evening light exposure at your destination helps push your clock in the right direction.