Distance from Dubai to Sydney
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and Sydney (Australia) are 12,039 km apart — that's 7,481 miles or 6,501 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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
- 383 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
- 02:08 UTC / 14:16 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:45 UTC / 07:52 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.