Distance from Dubai to New York City
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and New York City (United States) are 11,022 km apart — that's 6,849 miles or 5,951 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,022 km · 6,849 mi · 5,951 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → New York City
- 324° (NW)
- Initial bearing New York City → Dubai
- 45° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 38 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · New York City UTC-04:00 (-8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 517 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
- 02:08 UTC / 14:16 UTC
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:45 UTC / 22:53 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.