Distance from Mexico City to Seoul
Mexico City (Mexico) and Seoul (South Korea) are 12,052 km apart — that's 7,489 miles or 6,508 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,052 km · 7,489 mi · 6,508 nmi
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Seoul
- 323° (NW)
- Initial bearing Seoul → Mexico City
- 46° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 50 min
- Time zones
- Mexico City UTC-06:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+15 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 905 min — the sun rises later in Mexico City
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
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:26 UTC / 00:33 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.