Distance from Dubai to Istanbul
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and Istanbul (Türkiye) are 3,009 km apart — that's 1,870 miles or 1,625 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,009 km · 1,870 mi · 1,625 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Istanbul
- 313° (NW)
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Dubai
- 118° (ESE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 12 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Istanbul UTC+03:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 77 min — the sun rises earlier 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
- 01:50 UTC / 15:00 UTC
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:07 UTC / 17:14 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.