Distance from Kuala Lumpur to Seoul
The great-circle distance between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Seoul, South Korea is 4,614 km (2,867 mi · 2,491 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,614 km · 2,867 mi · 2,491 nmi
- Initial bearing Kuala Lumpur → Seoul
- 31° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Seoul → Kuala Lumpur
- 220° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 05 min
- Time zones
- Kuala Lumpur UTC+08:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 102 min — the sun rises later 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
- 23:03 UTC / 11:10 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.