Distance from Dubai to Seoul
The great-circle distance between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Seoul, South Korea is 6,787 km (4,217 mi · 3,665 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,787 km · 4,217 mi · 3,665 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Seoul
- 59° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Seoul → Dubai
- 281° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 39 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 308 min — the sun rises later in Dubai
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
- Dubai
- 25.0772, 55.3093
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:50 UTC / 15:00 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.