Distance from Beijing to Seoul
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Seoul, South Korea is 953 km (592 mi · 515 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 953 km · 592 mi · 515 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Seoul
- 102° (ESE)
- Initial bearing Seoul → Beijing
- 289° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 47 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Seoul UTC+09:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 38 min — the sun rises later in Beijing
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
- Beijing
- 39.9075, 116.3972
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:20 UTC / 11:22 UTC
- Seoul
- 37.5660, 126.9784
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:42 UTC / 10:35 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.