179.3 km. According to Baidu map, Shantou City is located in the east of Guangdong Province, and Shanwei City is located in the southeast coast of Guangdong Province. The distance between the two places is 179.3 km, and it takes 2 hours and 35 minutes to drive. Shantou, referred to as Aocheng and Aodao for short, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, a sub-central city in the province and the food capital of Chaozhou.