Distance from Seoul to Sydney
The great-circle distance between Seoul, South Korea and Sydney, Australia is 8,329 km (5,175 mi · 4,497 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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+10:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 1 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
- 20:42 UTC / 10:35 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:43 UTC / 07:21 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.