Distance from Berlin to Seoul
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Seoul, South Korea is 8,126 km (5,049 mi · 4,388 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,126 km · 5,049 mi · 4,388 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Seoul
- 49° (NE)
- Initial bearing Seoul → Berlin
- 324° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 13 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 415 min — the sun rises later in Berlin
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
- Berlin
- 52.5244, 13.4105
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:38 UTC / 18:48 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.