Distance from Delhi to Lahore
The great-circle distance between Delhi, India and Lahore, Pakistan is 426 km (264 mi · 230 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 426 km · 264 mi · 230 nmi
- Initial bearing Delhi → Lahore
- 320° (NW)
- Initial bearing Lahore → Delhi
- 139° (SE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 12 min
- Time zones
- Delhi UTC+05:30 · Lahore UTC+05:00 (-0.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 7 min — the sun rises earlier in Delhi
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
- Delhi
- 28.6519, 77.2315
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:17 UTC / 13:38 UTC
- Lahore
- 31.5580, 74.3507
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:24 UTC / 13:55 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.