Distance from Seoul to Sydney
Flying the shortest possible route, Sydney lies 8,329 km (5,175 miles, 4,497 nautical miles) from Seoul — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,329 km · 5,175 mi · 4,497 nmi
- Initial bearing Seoul → Sydney
- 159° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Seoul
- 340° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 27 min
- Time zones
- Seoul UTC+09:00 · Sydney UTC+11:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 195 min — the sun rises later 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
- 22:05 UTC / 08:29 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 18:50 UTC / 08:30 UTC
Open in the distance calculator Find the halfway point
Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.