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LHR London ⇄ KUL Kuala Lumpur

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

Distance10,605 km6,590 mi5,726 nautical miles
LHR → KUL12 h 25 minestimated block time
KUL → LHR13 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change+8 hKuala Lumpur vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL)LHRLondonKULKuala Lumpur
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

LHR → KUL

12 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 79° (ENE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Kuala Lumpur Sun 8 Nov, 06:25 local +1 day.

KUL → LHR

13 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 322° (NW).

Leave Kuala Lumpur Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 15:55 local.

LHR-bound flights are the slower direction by about 90 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance10,605 km · 6,590 mi · 5,726 nmi
Initial heading79° (ENE) from LHR; 322° (NW) from KUL
Farthest from the equator52.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip53% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LHREurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
KULAsia/Kuala_Lumpur — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceKuala Lumpur is 8 hours ahead of London today; +8 h in January and +7 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying LHR → KUL. Your body clock has to move 8 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 8 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m KUL Kuala Lumpur International AirportKuala Lumpur, Malaysia · longest runway 13,530 ft4,124 m

More routes from LHR and KUL

LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min LHROSL London – Oslo 1,206 km749 mi · 2 h 20 min LHRTLV London – Tel Aviv 3,589 km2,230 mi · 4 h 50 min LHRANU London – St. John's 6,553 km4,072 mi · 9 h 05 min LHRPEK London – Beijing 8,154 km5,067 mi · 9 h 50 min LHRSYD London – Sydney 17,021 km10,576 mi · 19 h 30 min SINKUL Singapore – Kuala Lumpur 297 km185 mi · 1 h 25 min KULCGK Kuala Lumpur – Jakarta 1,129 km702 mi · 2 h 20 min KULBKK Kuala Lumpur – Bangkok 1,221 km758 mi · 2 h 25 min SYDKUL Sydney – Kuala Lumpur 6,585 km4,092 mi · 8 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

ORDICN Chicago – Seoul 10,519 km6,536 mi · 13 h 30 min AMSSIN Amsterdam – Singapore 10,514 km6,533 mi · 12 h 20 min SFOAKL San Francisco – Auckland 10,510 km6,530 mi · 13 h 25 min SCLMAD Santiago – Madrid 10,719 km6,661 mi · 12 h 50 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).