Distance from São Paulo to Seoul
São Paulo (Brazil) and Seoul (South Korea) are 18,342 km apart — that's 11,397 miles or 9,904 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 18,342 km · 11,397 mi · 9,904 nmi
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Seoul
- 20° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Seoul → São Paulo
- 337° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 22 h 14 min
- Time zones
- São Paulo UTC-03:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 613 min — the sun rises later in São Paulo
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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:18 UTC / 21:25 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.