Distance from Beijing to Dubai
Flying the shortest possible route, Dubai lies 5,845 km (3,632 miles, 3,156 nautical miles) from Beijing — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,845 km · 3,632 mi · 3,156 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Dubai
- 273° (W)
- Initial bearing Dubai → Beijing
- 58° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 32 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Dubai UTC+04:00 (-4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 245 min — the sun rises earlier in Beijing
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
- Beijing
- 39.9075, 116.3972
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:03 UTC / 10:13 UTC
- Dubai
- 25.0772, 55.3093
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:08 UTC / 14:16 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.