Distance from Dubai to Hong Kong
The great-circle distance between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, Hong Kong is 5,955 km (3,700 mi · 3,216 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,955 km · 3,700 mi · 3,216 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Hong Kong
- 80° (E)
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Dubai
- 285° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 40 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Hong Kong UTC+08:00 (+4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 235 min — the sun rises later in Dubai
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
- Dubai
- 25.0772, 55.3093
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:08 UTC / 14:16 UTC
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:13 UTC / 10:20 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.