Distance from Melbourne to Seoul
The great-circle distance between Melbourne, Australia and Seoul, South Korea is 8,583 km (5,333 mi · 4,634 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,583 km · 5,333 mi · 4,634 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Seoul
- 345° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Seoul → Melbourne
- 166° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 45 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+11:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (-2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 177 min — the sun rises earlier in Melbourne
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
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:07 UTC / 09:02 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.