Distance from Chicago to Seoul
The great-circle distance between Chicago, United States and Seoul, South Korea is 10,512 km (6,532 mi · 5,676 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,512 km · 6,532 mi · 5,676 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Seoul
- 333° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Seoul → Chicago
- 25° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 02 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-05:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 859 min — the sun rises later in Chicago
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
- Chicago
- 41.8500, -87.6500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:40 UTC / 23:48 UTC
- Seoul
- 37.5660, 126.9784
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:21 UTC / 09:30 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.