Distance from Madrid to Seoul
The great-circle distance between Madrid, Spain and Seoul, South Korea is 9,995 km (6,211 mi · 5,397 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,995 km · 6,211 mi · 5,397 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → Seoul
- 37° (NE)
- Initial bearing Seoul → Madrid
- 325° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 25 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+01:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 529 min — the sun rises later in Madrid
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
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:53 UTC / 17:06 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.