Distance from Istanbul to Seoul
The great-circle distance between Istanbul, Türkiye and Seoul, South Korea is 7,955 km (4,943 mi · 4,296 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,955 km · 4,943 mi · 4,296 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Seoul
- 56° (NE)
- Initial bearing Seoul → Istanbul
- 308° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 392 min — the sun rises later in Istanbul
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
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:53 UTC / 16:02 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.