Distance from Dubai to Istanbul
The great-circle distance between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Istanbul, Türkiye is 3,009 km (1,870 mi · 1,625 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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
- 132 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
- 02:31 UTC / 13:35 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.