Distance from Istanbul to Mumbai
The great-circle distance between Istanbul, Türkiye and Mumbai, India is 4,813 km (2,990 mi · 2,599 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,813 km · 2,990 mi · 2,599 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Mumbai
- 107° (ESE)
- Initial bearing Mumbai → Istanbul
- 310° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 19 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Mumbai UTC+05:30 (+2.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 175 min — the sun rises later in Istanbul
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
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:53 UTC / 16:02 UTC
- Mumbai
- 19.0728, 72.8826
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:58 UTC / 13:05 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.