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DXB Dubai ⇄ HKG Hong Kong

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

Distance5,919 km3,678 mi3,196 nautical miles
DXB → HKG7 h 20 minestimated block time
HKG → DXB8 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change+4 hHong Kong vs Dubai, today
Great-circle route from Dubai (DXB) to Hong Kong (HKG)DXBDubaiHKGHong Kong
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 → HKG

7 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 80° (E).

Leave Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Hong Kong Sat 7 Nov, 21:20 local.

HKG → DXB

8 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 286° (WNW).

Leave Hong Kong Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 14:15 local.

DXB-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 distance5,919 km · 3,678 mi · 3,196 nmi
Initial heading80° (E) from DXB; 286° (WNW) from HKG
Farthest from the equator27.0°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip30% 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)
HKGAsia/Hong_Kong — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceHong Kong is 4 hours ahead of Dubai today.

Jet lag, flying DXB → HKG. Your body clock has to move 4 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 4 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 HKG Hong Kong International AirportHong Kong, Hong Kong · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m

More routes from DXB and HKG

DXBRUH Dubai – Riyadh 874 km543 mi · 2 h 05 min ADDDXB Addis Ababa – Dubai 2,519 km1,565 mi · 3 h 50 min DXBBKK Dubai – Bangkok 4,903 km3,047 mi · 6 h 20 min DXBSIN Dubai – Singapore 5,846 km3,632 mi · 7 h 30 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 HKGTPE Hong Kong – Taipei 806 km501 mi · 1 h 55 min HKGBKK Hong Kong – Bangkok 1,690 km1,050 mi · 3 h HKGSIN Hong Kong – Singapore 2,566 km1,594 mi · 4 h CDGHKG Paris – Hong Kong 9,590 km5,959 mi · 11 h 10 min SFOHKG San Francisco – Hong Kong 11,128 km6,915 mi · 14 h 50 min JFKHKG New York – Hong Kong 12,970 km8,059 mi · 15 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRADD London – Addis Ababa 5,920 km3,678 mi · 7 h 30 min IADLHR Washington – London 5,902 km3,667 mi · 7 h 15 min ORDDUB Chicago – Dublin 5,895 km3,663 mi · 7 h 15 min EWRCDG Newark – Paris 5,857 km3,640 mi · 7 h 10 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).