Distance from Madrid to Seoul
Madrid (Spain) and Seoul (South Korea) are 9,995 km apart — that's 6,211 miles or 5,397 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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+02:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 517 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
- 05:19 UTC / 19:23 UTC
- Seoul
- 37.5660, 126.9784
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:42 UTC / 10:35 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.