Distance from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo
The great-circle distance between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Tokyo, Japan is 5,322 km (3,307 mi · 2,873 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,322 km · 3,307 mi · 2,873 nmi
- Initial bearing Kuala Lumpur → Tokyo
- 42° (NE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Kuala Lumpur
- 236° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 55 min
- Time zones
- Kuala Lumpur UTC+08:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 108 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
- 22:58 UTC / 10:58 UTC
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:10 UTC / 07:41 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.