Distance from Kuala Lumpur to Paris
The great-circle distance between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Paris, France is 10,424 km (6,477 mi · 5,629 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,424 km · 6,477 mi · 5,629 nmi
- Initial bearing Kuala Lumpur → Paris
- 319° (NW)
- Initial bearing Paris → Kuala Lumpur
- 81° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 55 min
- Time zones
- Kuala Lumpur UTC+08:00 · Paris UTC+01:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 471 min — the sun rises earlier in Kuala Lumpur
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
- Kuala Lumpur
- 3.1412, 101.6865
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:58 UTC / 10:58 UTC
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:49 UTC / 16:21 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.