Distance from Seoul to Shenzhen
The great-circle distance between Seoul, South Korea and Shenzhen, China is 2,077 km (1,291 mi · 1,121 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,077 km · 1,291 mi · 1,121 nmi
- Initial bearing Seoul → Shenzhen
- 220° (SW)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Seoul
- 34° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 06 min
- Time zones
- Seoul UTC+09:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 52 min — the sun rises earlier in Seoul
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
- Seoul
- 37.5660, 126.9784
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:21 UTC / 09:30 UTC
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:13 UTC / 10:21 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.