Distance from Bangkok to London
The great-circle distance between Bangkok, Thailand and London, United Kingdom is 9,532 km (5,923 mi · 5,147 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,532 km · 5,923 mi · 5,147 nmi
- Initial bearing Bangkok → London
- 322° (NW)
- Initial bearing London → Bangkok
- 73° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 52 min
- Time zones
- Bangkok UTC+07:00 · London UTC+01:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 401 min — the sun rises earlier in Bangkok
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Bangkok
- 13.7540, 100.5014
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:08 UTC / 11:15 UTC
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:48 UTC / 17:59 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.