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Route · Middle East and the Gulf hubs

AUH Abu Dhabi ⇄ BOM Mumbai

Zayed International Airport (United Arab Emirates) and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (India): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,971 km1,225 mi1,064 nautical miles
AUH → BOM3 h 10 minestimated block time
BOM → AUH3 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 h 30 minMumbai vs Abu Dhabi, today
Great-circle route from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Mumbai (BOM)AUHAbu DhabiBOMMumbai
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

AUH → BOM

3 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 104° (ESE).

Leave Abu Dhabi Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Mumbai Sat 7 Nov, 14:40 local.

BOM → AUH

3 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 291° (WNW).

Leave Mumbai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Abu Dhabi Sat 7 Nov, 11:55 local.

The two directions differ by 14 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,971 km · 1,225 mi · 1,064 nmi
Initial heading104° (ESE) from AUH; 291° (WNW) from BOM
Farthest from the equator24.4°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip10% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

AUHAsia/Dubai — UTC+4 now; UTC+4 all year (no daylight saving time)
BOMAsia/Kolkata — UTC+5:30 now; UTC+5:30 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceMumbai is 1 h 30 min ahead of Abu Dhabi today.

Jet lag, flying AUH → BOM. Your body clock has to move 1 h 30 min earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

AUH Zayed International AirportAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · longest runway 13,471 ft4,106 m BOM Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportMumbai, India · longest runway 11,511 ft3,509 m

More routes from AUH and BOM

AUHLHR Abu Dhabi – London 5,516 km3,427 mi · 7 h 50 min AUHJFK Abu Dhabi – New York 11,031 km6,854 mi · 14 h 35 min BOMBLR Mumbai – Bengaluru 834 km518 mi · 2 h BOMDEL Mumbai – Delhi 1,137 km706 mi · 2 h 20 min BOMMLE Mumbai – Malé 1,658 km1,030 mi · 2 h 55 min DXBBOM Dubai – Mumbai 1,925 km1,196 mi · 3 h 10 min SINBOM Singapore – Mumbai 3,922 km2,437 mi · 5 h 35 min LHRBOM London – Mumbai 7,213 km4,482 mi · 8 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

SYDNOU Sydney – Nouméa 1,981 km1,231 mi · 3 h 10 min LAXDFW Los Angeles – Dallas–Fort Worth 1,983 km1,232 mi · 3 h 05 min PEKSZX Beijing – Shenzhen 1,957 km1,216 mi · 3 h 20 min PEKHKG Beijing – Hong Kong 1,992 km1,237 mi · 3 h 20 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).