Distance from London to Mumbai
Flying the shortest possible route, Mumbai lies 7,192 km (4,469 miles, 3,883 nautical miles) from London — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,192 km · 4,469 mi · 3,883 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Mumbai
- 91° (E)
- Initial bearing Mumbai → London
- 319° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 07 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+00:00 · Mumbai UTC+05:30 (+5.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 354 min — the sun rises later in London
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
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 07:07 UTC / 16:23 UTC
- Mumbai
- 19.0728, 72.8826
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:13 UTC / 12:33 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.