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CDG Paris ⇄ DEL Delhi

Charles de Gaulle International Airport (France) and Indira Gandhi International Airport (India): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance6,565 km4,080 mi3,545 nautical miles
CDG → DEL7 h 55 minestimated block time
DEL → CDG9 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change+4 h 30 minDelhi vs Paris, today
Great-circle route from Paris (CDG) to Delhi (DEL)CDGParisDELDelhi
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

CDG → DEL

7 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 81° (E).

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Delhi Sat 7 Nov, 22:25 local.

DEL → CDG

9 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 313° (NW).

Leave Delhi Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sat 7 Nov, 14:45 local.

CDG-bound flights are the slower direction by about 80 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance6,565 km · 4,080 mi · 3,545 nmi
Initial heading81° (E) from CDG; 313° (NW) from DEL
Farthest from the equator49.6°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip33% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

CDGEurope/Paris — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DELAsia/Kolkata — UTC+5:30 now; UTC+5:30 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceDelhi is 4 h 30 min ahead of Paris today; +4 h 30 min in January and +3 h 30 min in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying CDG → DEL. Your body clock has to move 4 h 30 min earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 5 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

CDG Charles de Gaulle International AirportParis, France · longest runway 13,829 ft4,215 m DEL Indira Gandhi International AirportDelhi, India · longest runway 14,534 ft4,430 m

More routes from CDG and DEL

LHRCDG London – Paris 348 km216 mi · 1 h 25 min CDGLIS Paris – Lisbon 1,470 km913 mi · 2 h 50 min YULCDG Montreal – Paris 5,524 km3,433 mi · 6 h 50 min ORDCDG Chicago – Paris 6,665 km4,141 mi · 8 h 05 min MEXCDG Mexico City – Paris 9,199 km5,716 mi · 10 h 45 min CDGSIN Paris – Singapore 10,724 km6,664 mi · 12 h 30 min DELKTM Delhi – Kathmandu 816 km507 mi · 1 h 55 min DELHYD Delhi – Hyderabad 1,267 km787 mi · 2 h 30 min DELBLR Delhi – Bengaluru 1,709 km1,062 mi · 3 h SINDEL Singapore – Delhi 4,159 km2,584 mi · 5 h 55 min FRADEL Frankfurt – Delhi 6,122 km3,804 mi · 7 h 25 min SYDDEL Sydney – Delhi 10,435 km6,484 mi · 13 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

MIAGRU Miami – São Paulo 6,574 km4,085 mi · 8 h 25 min LHRANU London – St. John's 6,553 km4,072 mi · 9 h 05 min IADFRA Washington – Frankfurt 6,550 km4,070 mi · 7 h 55 min SYDKUL Sydney – Kuala Lumpur 6,585 km4,092 mi · 8 h 50 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).