Distance from London to Seoul
London (United Kingdom) and Seoul (South Korea) are 8,857 km apart — that's 5,504 miles or 4,783 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,857 km · 5,504 mi · 4,783 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Seoul
- 40° (NE)
- Initial bearing Seoul → London
- 330° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 05 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+00:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+9 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 542 min — the sun rises later in London
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
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 07:07 UTC / 16:23 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.