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Route · Middle East and the Gulf hubs

DOH Doha ⇄ LHR London

Hamad International Airport (Qatar) and London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance5,241 km3,257 mi2,830 nautical miles
DOH → LHR7 h 30 minestimated block time
LHR → DOH6 h 35 minestimated block time
Clock change−3 hLondon vs Doha, today
Great-circle route from Doha (DOH) to London (LHR)DOHDohaLHRLondon
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 → LHR

7 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 318° (NW).

Leave Doha Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 14:30 local.

LHR → DOH

6 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 103° (ESE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Doha Sat 7 Nov, 19:35 local.

LHR-bound flights are the slower direction by about 55 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 distance5,241 km · 3,257 mi · 2,830 nmi
Initial heading318° (NW) from DOH; 103° (ESE) from LHR
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip26% 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)
LHREurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceLondon is 3 hours behind Doha today; −3 h in January and −2 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying DOH → LHR. Your body clock has to move 3 hours later, like a westward 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 later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening 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 LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m

More routes from DOH and LHR

DOHDEL Doha – Delhi 2,548 km1,583 mi · 3 h 45 min DOHCDG Doha – Paris 4,969 km3,087 mi · 7 h 10 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 LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min LHROSL London – Oslo 1,206 km749 mi · 2 h 20 min LHRTLV London – Tel Aviv 3,589 km2,230 mi · 4 h 50 min LHRDEL London – Delhi 6,731 km4,183 mi · 8 h 05 min LHRSEZ London – Mahé 8,176 km5,080 mi · 10 h LHRSYD London – Sydney 17,021 km10,576 mi · 19 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

DXBCDG Dubai – Paris 5,239 km3,255 mi · 7 h 35 min YYZDUB Toronto – Dublin 5,261 km3,269 mi · 6 h 35 min SINHND Singapore – Tokyo 5,300 km3,293 mi · 6 h 50 min EWRDUB Newark – Dublin 5,125 km3,185 mi · 6 h 25 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).