Distance from Dubai to Madrid
The great-circle distance between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Madrid, Spain is 5,667 km (3,521 mi · 3,060 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,667 km · 3,521 mi · 3,060 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Madrid
- 303° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Madrid → Dubai
- 88° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 20 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Madrid UTC+01:00 (-3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 262 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
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:53 UTC / 17:06 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.