Distance from Berlin to Dubai
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Dubai, United Arab Emirates is 4,638 km (2,882 mi · 2,504 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,638 km · 2,882 mi · 2,504 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Dubai
- 115° (ESE)
- Initial bearing Dubai → Berlin
- 322° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 07 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+01:00 · Dubai UTC+04:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 224 min — the sun rises later in Berlin
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
- Berlin
- 52.5244, 13.4105
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:16 UTC / 15:26 UTC
- Dubai
- 25.0772, 55.3093
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:31 UTC / 13:35 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.