Distance from Hong Kong to Seoul
Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and Seoul (South Korea) are 2,096 km apart — that's 1,302 miles or 1,132 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,096 km · 1,302 mi · 1,132 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Seoul
- 33° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Seoul → Hong Kong
- 219° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 07 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 27 min — the sun rises later in Hong Kong
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
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:32 UTC / 09:44 UTC
- Seoul
- 37.5660, 126.9784
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:05 UTC / 08:29 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.