Distance from London to Mumbai
The great-circle distance between London, United Kingdom and Mumbai, India is 7,192 km (4,469 mi · 3,883 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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+01:00 · Mumbai UTC+05:30 (+4.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 227 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
- 04:35 UTC / 19:39 UTC
- Mumbai
- 19.0728, 72.8826
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:48 UTC / 13:42 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.