Distance from Guangzhou to Seoul
The great-circle distance between Guangzhou, China and Seoul, South Korea is 2,073 km (1,288 mi · 1,119 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,073 km · 1,288 mi · 1,119 nmi
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Seoul
- 36° (NE)
- Initial bearing Seoul → Guangzhou
- 223° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 06 min
- Time zones
- Guangzhou UTC+08:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 79 min — the sun rises later in Guangzhou
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
- Guangzhou
- 23.1167, 113.2500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:01 UTC / 11:06 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.