Distance from Dubai to Sydney
Flying the shortest possible route, Sydney lies 12,039 km (7,481 miles, 6,501 nautical miles) from Dubai — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,039 km · 7,481 mi · 6,501 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Sydney
- 120° (ESE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Dubai
- 288° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 49 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Sydney UTC+10:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 307 min — the sun rises later 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
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:43 UTC / 07:21 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.