Distance from Dhaka to Istanbul
The great-circle distance between Dhaka, Bangladesh and Istanbul, Türkiye is 5,956 km (3,701 mi · 3,216 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,956 km · 3,701 mi · 3,216 nmi
- Initial bearing Dhaka → Istanbul
- 305° (NW)
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Dhaka
- 89° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 40 min
- Time zones
- Dhaka UTC+06:00 · Istanbul UTC+03:00 (-3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 275 min — the sun rises earlier in Dhaka
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
- Dhaka
- 23.7104, 90.4074
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:09 UTC / 11:17 UTC
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:44 UTC / 14:54 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.