Distance from Kuala Lumpur to London
Flying the shortest possible route, London lies 10,545 km (6,553 miles, 5,694 nautical miles) from Kuala Lumpur — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,545 km · 6,553 mi · 5,694 nmi
- Initial bearing Kuala Lumpur → London
- 322° (NW)
- Initial bearing London → Kuala Lumpur
- 79° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 04 min
- Time zones
- Kuala Lumpur UTC+08:00 · London UTC+01:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 323 min — the sun rises earlier in Kuala Lumpur
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
- Kuala Lumpur
- 3.1412, 101.6865
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:13 UTC / 11:27 UTC
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:35 UTC / 19:39 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.