Distance from Los Angeles to Seoul
Los Angeles (United States) and Seoul (South Korea) are 9,586 km apart — that's 5,956 miles or 5,176 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,586 km · 5,956 mi · 5,176 nmi
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Seoul
- 314° (NW)
- Initial bearing Seoul → Los Angeles
- 49° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 56 min
- Time zones
- Los Angeles UTC-08:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+17 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 975 min — the sun rises later in Los Angeles
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
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 14:20 UTC / 00:55 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.