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KUL Kuala Lumpur ⇄ BKK Bangkok

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Malaysia) and Suvarnabhumi Airport (Thailand): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,221 km758 mi659 nautical miles
KUL → BKK2 h 25 minestimated block time
BKK → KUL2 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hBangkok vs Kuala Lumpur, today
Great-circle route from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Bangkok (BKK)KULKuala LumpurBKKBangkok
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

KUL → BKK

2 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 355° (N).

Leave Kuala Lumpur Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 11:25 local.

BKK → KUL

2 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 175° (S).

Leave Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Kuala Lumpur Sat 7 Nov, 13:25 local.

The two directions differ by 0 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,221 km · 758 mi · 659 nmi
Initial heading355° (N) from KUL; 175° (S) from BKK
Farthest from the equator13.7°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip6% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

KULAsia/Kuala_Lumpur — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
BKKAsia/Bangkok — UTC+7 now; UTC+7 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceBangkok is 1 hour behind Kuala Lumpur today.

Jet lag, flying KUL → BKK. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

KUL Kuala Lumpur International AirportKuala Lumpur, Malaysia · longest runway 13,530 ft4,124 m BKK Suvarnabhumi AirportBangkok, Thailand · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from KUL and BKK

SINKUL Singapore – Kuala Lumpur 297 km185 mi · 1 h 25 min KULCGK Kuala Lumpur – Jakarta 1,129 km702 mi · 2 h 20 min SYDKUL Sydney – Kuala Lumpur 6,585 km4,092 mi · 8 h 50 min LHRKUL London – Kuala Lumpur 10,605 km6,590 mi · 12 h 25 min BKKCNX Bangkok – Chiang Mai 597 km371 mi · 1 h 45 min BKKHAN Bangkok – Hanoi 995 km618 mi · 2 h 10 min HKGBKK Hong Kong – Bangkok 1,690 km1,050 mi · 3 h DOHBKK Doha – Bangkok 5,280 km3,281 mi · 6 h 45 min SYDBKK Sydney – Bangkok 7,515 km4,669 mi · 9 h 50 min LHRBKK London – Bangkok 9,578 km5,951 mi · 11 h 15 min

Routes of a similar length

JFKATL New York – Atlanta 1,222 km759 mi · 2 h 35 min JEDCAI Jeddah – Cairo 1,216 km756 mi · 2 h 30 min LGAATL New York – Atlanta 1,225 km761 mi · 2 h 35 min IAHMEX Houston – Mexico City 1,232 km765 mi · 2 h 30 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).