Seoul

South Korea

Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea, and the largest city in the whole of Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, behind New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris, and London, and hosts more than half of South Korea's population.

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Country: South Korea
Population: 9,796,000
Latitude: 37.57° N
Longitude: 127° E

Which way is Seoul from…

From Paris, Seoul lies at 41° to the north-east, 8,967 km as the crow flies.

Paris	41° north-east	8,967 km
London	40° north-east	8,858 km
New York	343° north	11,052 km
Madrid	37° north-east	9,996 km
Rome	47° north-east	8,967 km
Montreal	344° north	10,551 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	49° north-east	9,899 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Seoul’s exact antipode lies 415 km from Montevideo. From London, forget the flat map that shows it east (99°): the compass aims at 40°, north-east, 8,858 km away, over Scandinavia and Siberia. From New York, aim north (343°), not west as the map suggests (269°): the route crosses the Canadian Arctic. A landmark: Seoul lies on the same latitude as Athens.