Distance from Paris to Seoul
The great-circle distance between Paris, France and Seoul, South Korea is 8,966 km (5,571 mi · 4,841 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,966 km · 5,571 mi · 4,841 nmi
- Initial bearing Paris → Seoul
- 41° (NE)
- Initial bearing Seoul → Paris
- 327° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 12 min
- Time zones
- Paris UTC+01:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 524 min — the sun rises later in Paris
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
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:49 UTC / 16:21 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.