Distance from Barcelona to Seoul
Barcelona (Spain) and Seoul (South Korea) are 9,602 km apart — that's 5,967 miles or 5,185 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,602 km · 5,967 mi · 5,185 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → Seoul
- 41° (NE)
- Initial bearing Seoul → Barcelona
- 322° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 57 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+01:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 507 min — the sun rises later in Barcelona
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
- Barcelona
- 41.3888, 2.1590
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:32 UTC / 16:40 UTC
- Seoul
- 37.5660, 126.9784
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:05 UTC / 08:29 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.