Distance from Dubai to London
The great-circle distance between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and London, United Kingdom is 5,486 km (3,409 mi · 2,962 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,486 km · 3,409 mi · 2,962 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → London
- 317° (NW)
- Initial bearing London → Dubai
- 101° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 07 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · London UTC+00:00 (-4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 275 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
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 07:07 UTC / 16:23 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.