Distance from Barcelona to Dubai
Flying the shortest possible route, Dubai lies 5,176 km (3,216 miles, 2,795 nautical miles) from Barcelona — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,176 km · 3,216 mi · 2,795 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → Dubai
- 93° (E)
- Initial bearing Dubai → Barcelona
- 304° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 45 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+02:00 · Dubai UTC+04:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 184 min — the sun rises later in Barcelona
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
- Barcelona
- 41.3888, 2.1590
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:54 UTC / 19:02 UTC
- Dubai
- 25.0772, 55.3093
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:50 UTC / 15:00 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.