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DXB Dubai ⇄ BKK Bangkok

Dubai International Airport (United Arab Emirates) and Suvarnabhumi Airport (Thailand): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance4,903 km3,047 mi2,647 nautical miles
DXB → BKK6 h 20 minestimated block time
BKK → DXB6 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change+3 hBangkok vs Dubai, today
Great-circle route from Dubai (DXB) to Bangkok (BKK)DXBDubaiBKKBangkok
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

DXB → BKK

6 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 96° (E).

Leave Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 19:20 local.

BKK → DXB

6 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 292° (WNW).

Leave Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 13:55 local.

DXB-bound flights are the slower direction by about 30 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 distance4,903 km · 3,047 mi · 2,647 nmi
Initial heading96° (E) from DXB; 292° (WNW) from BKK
Farthest from the equator25.2°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip24% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

DXBAsia/Dubai — UTC+4 now; UTC+4 all year (no daylight saving time)
BKKAsia/Bangkok — UTC+7 now; UTC+7 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceBangkok is 3 hours ahead of Dubai today.

Jet lag, flying DXB → BKK. Your body clock has to move 3 hours 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

DXB Dubai International AirportDubai, United Arab Emirates · longest runway 14,590 ft4,447 m BKK Suvarnabhumi AirportBangkok, Thailand · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from DXB and BKK

DXBRUH Dubai – Riyadh 874 km543 mi · 2 h 05 min ADDDXB Addis Ababa – Dubai 2,519 km1,565 mi · 3 h 50 min DXBCDG Dubai – Paris 5,239 km3,255 mi · 7 h 35 min DXBHKG Dubai – Hong Kong 5,919 km3,678 mi · 7 h 20 min DXBMEL Dubai – Melbourne 11,644 km7,235 mi · 13 h 50 min DXBAKL Dubai – Auckland 14,199 km8,823 mi · 16 h 30 min BKKCNX Bangkok – Chiang Mai 597 km371 mi · 1 h 45 min BKKHAN Bangkok – Hanoi 995 km618 mi · 2 h 10 min SINBKK Singapore – Bangkok 1,417 km880 mi · 2 h 40 min DOHBKK Doha – Bangkok 5,280 km3,281 mi · 6 h 45 min SYDBKK Sydney – Bangkok 7,515 km4,669 mi · 9 h 50 min LHRBKK London – Bangkok 9,578 km5,951 mi · 11 h 15 min

Routes of a similar length

DOHCDG Doha – Paris 4,969 km3,087 mi · 7 h 10 min BOSDUB Boston – Dublin 4,804 km2,985 mi · 6 h 05 min LHRLOS London – Lagos 5,004 km3,109 mi · 6 h 40 min LHRACC London – Accra 5,100 km3,169 mi · 6 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).