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DXB Dubai ⇄ BOM Mumbai

Dubai 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.

Distance1,925 km1,196 mi1,040 nautical miles
DXB → BOM3 h 10 minestimated block time
BOM → DXB3 h 20 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 h 30 minMumbai vs Dubai, today
Great-circle route from Dubai (DXB) to Mumbai (BOM)DXBDubaiBOMMumbai
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 → BOM

3 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 107° (ESE).

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

BOM → DXB

3 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 294° (WNW).

Leave Mumbai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 11:50 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 distance1,925 km · 1,196 mi · 1,040 nmi
Initial heading107° (ESE) from DXB; 294° (WNW) from BOM
Farthest from the equator25.2°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

DXBAsia/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 Dubai today.

Jet lag, flying DXB → 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

DXB Dubai International AirportDubai, United Arab Emirates · longest runway 14,590 ft4,447 m BOM Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportMumbai, India · longest runway 11,511 ft3,509 m

More routes from DXB and BOM

DXBRUH Dubai – Riyadh 874 km543 mi · 2 h 05 min DXBIST Dubai – Istanbul 3,030 km1,883 mi · 4 h 45 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 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 AUHBOM Abu Dhabi – Mumbai 1,971 km1,225 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

ATLDEN Atlanta – Denver 1,927 km1,197 mi · 3 h 30 min ORDMIA Chicago – Miami 1,930 km1,199 mi · 3 h 10 min CDGCMN Paris – Casablanca 1,931 km1,200 mi · 3 h 20 min LHRKEF London – Reykjavík 1,895 km1,178 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).