Distance from London to Seoul
The great-circle distance between London, United Kingdom and Seoul, South Korea is 8,857 km (5,504 mi · 4,783 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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+01:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 508 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
- 05:48 UTC / 17:59 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.