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DXB Dubai ⇄ DEL Delhi

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

Distance2,182 km1,356 mi1,178 nautical miles
DXB → DEL3 h 20 minestimated block time
DEL → DXB3 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 h 30 minDelhi vs Dubai, today
Great-circle route from Dubai (DXB) to Delhi (DEL)DXBDubaiDELDelhi
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 → DEL

3 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 75° (ENE).

Leave Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Delhi Sat 7 Nov, 14:50 local.

DEL → DXB

3 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 265° (W).

Leave Delhi Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 12:15 local.

DXB-bound flights are the slower direction by about 20 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 distance2,182 km · 1,356 mi · 1,178 nmi
Initial heading75° (ENE) from DXB; 265° (W) from DEL
Farthest from the equator28.6°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip11% 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)
DELAsia/Kolkata — UTC+5:30 now; UTC+5:30 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceDelhi is 1 h 30 min ahead of Dubai today.

Jet lag, flying DXB → DEL. 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 DEL Indira Gandhi International AirportDelhi, India · longest runway 14,534 ft4,430 m

More routes from DXB and DEL

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 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

AMSATH Amsterdam – Athens 2,182 km1,356 mi · 3 h 20 min TPENRT Taipei – Tokyo 2,181 km1,355 mi · 3 h 20 min SYDAKL Sydney – Auckland 2,159 km1,342 mi · 3 h 15 min AKLNAN Auckland – Nadi (Fiji) 2,156 km1,340 mi · 3 h 30 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).