Distance from Dubai to Mexico City
The great-circle distance between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Mexico City, Mexico is 14,346 km (8,914 mi · 7,746 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 14,346 km · 8,914 mi · 7,746 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Mexico City
- 328° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Dubai
- 30° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 17 h 32 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Mexico City UTC-06:00 (-10 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 626 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
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:16 UTC / 01:10 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.