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Route · Middle East and the Gulf hubs

DOH Doha ⇄ DEL Delhi

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

Distance2,548 km1,583 mi1,376 nautical miles
DOH → DEL3 h 45 minestimated block time
DEL → DOH4 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change+2 h 30 minDelhi vs Doha, today
Great-circle route from Doha (DOH) to Delhi (DEL)DOHDohaDELDelhi
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

DOH → DEL

3 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 76° (ENE).

Leave Doha Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Delhi Sat 7 Nov, 16:15 local.

DEL → DOH

4 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 268° (W).

Leave Delhi Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Doha Sat 7 Nov, 11:40 local.

DOH-bound flights are the slower direction by about 25 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 distance2,548 km · 1,583 mi · 1,376 nmi
Initial heading76° (ENE) from DOH; 268° (W) from DEL
Farthest from the equator28.6°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip13% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

DOHAsia/Qatar — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
DELAsia/Kolkata — UTC+5:30 now; UTC+5:30 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceDelhi is 2 h 30 min ahead of Doha today.

Jet lag, flying DOH → DEL. Your body clock has to move 2 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 3 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

DOH Hamad International AirportDoha, Qatar · longest runway 15,912 ft4,850 m DEL Indira Gandhi International AirportDelhi, India · longest runway 14,534 ft4,430 m

More routes from DOH and DEL

DOHCDG Doha – Paris 4,969 km3,087 mi · 7 h 10 min DOHLHR Doha – London 5,241 km3,257 mi · 7 h 30 min DOHBKK Doha – Bangkok 5,280 km3,281 mi · 6 h 45 min DOHJFK Doha – New York 10,770 km6,692 mi · 14 h 15 min DOHSYD Doha – Sydney 12,375 km7,689 mi · 14 h 40 min DOHAKL Doha – Auckland 14,534 km9,031 mi · 16 h 50 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 ISTDEL Istanbul – Delhi 4,567 km2,838 mi · 5 h 45 min CDGDEL Paris – Delhi 6,565 km4,080 mi · 7 h 55 min SYDDEL Sydney – Delhi 10,435 km6,484 mi · 13 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

HKGSIN Hong Kong – Singapore 2,566 km1,594 mi · 4 h EWRDEN Newark – Denver 2,576 km1,601 mi · 4 h 20 min ADDDXB Addis Ababa – Dubai 2,519 km1,565 mi · 3 h 50 min JFKSJU New York – San Juan 2,578 km1,602 mi · 3 h 55 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).