Distance from Barcelona to Seoul
The great-circle distance between Barcelona, Spain and Seoul, South Korea is 9,602 km (5,967 mi · 5,185 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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+02:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 492 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
- 04:54 UTC / 19:02 UTC
- Seoul
- 37.5660, 126.9784
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:42 UTC / 10:35 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.