Distance from Dubai to London
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and London (United Kingdom) are 5,486 km apart — that's 3,409 miles or 2,962 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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+01:00 (-3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 165 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
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:35 UTC / 19:39 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.