Distance from Seoul to Tokyo
The great-circle distance between Seoul, South Korea and Tokyo, Japan is 1,153 km (716 mi · 622 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,153 km · 716 mi · 622 nmi
- Initial bearing Seoul → Tokyo
- 97° (E)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Seoul
- 284° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Seoul UTC+09:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 47 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
- 20:42 UTC / 10:35 UTC
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:55 UTC / 09:41 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.