Distance from Dubai to Tokyo
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and Tokyo (Japan) are 7,937 km apart — that's 4,932 miles or 4,286 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,937 km · 4,932 mi · 4,286 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Tokyo
- 59° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Dubai
- 288° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 00 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 321 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
- 02:31 UTC / 13:35 UTC
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:10 UTC / 07:41 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.