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DXB Dubai ⇄ JNB Johannesburg

Dubai International Airport (United Arab Emirates) and O.R. Tambo International Airport (South Africa): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance6,413 km3,985 mi3,463 nautical miles
DXB → JNB8 h 25 minestimated block time
JNB → DXB8 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change−2 hJohannesburg vs Dubai, today
Great-circle route from Dubai (DXB) to Johannesburg (JNB)DXBDubaiJNBJohannesburg
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 → JNB

8 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 209° (SSW).

Leave Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Johannesburg Sat 7 Nov, 16:25 local.

JNB → DXB

8 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 29° (NNE).

Leave Johannesburg Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 20:15 local.

The two directions differ by 12 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance6,413 km · 3,985 mi · 3,463 nmi
Initial heading209° (SSW) from DXB; 29° (NNE) from JNB
Farthest from the equator26.1°S
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip32% 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)
JNBAfrica/Johannesburg — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceJohannesburg is 2 hours behind Dubai today.

Jet lag, flying DXB → JNB. Your body clock has to move 2 hours later, like a westward 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 JNB O.R. Tambo International AirportJohannesburg, South Africa · longest runway 14,495 ft4,418 m

More routes from DXB and JNB

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 JNBDUR Johannesburg – Durban 478 km297 mi · 1 h 35 min JNBNBO Johannesburg – Nairobi 2,912 km1,810 mi · 4 h 20 min ISTJNB Istanbul – Johannesburg 7,496 km4,658 mi · 9 h 35 min FRAJNB Frankfurt – Johannesburg 8,690 km5,400 mi · 10 h 50 min JNBSYD Johannesburg – Sydney 11,024 km6,850 mi · 12 h 35 min ATLJNB Atlanta – Johannesburg 13,583 km8,440 mi · 15 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

JFKMXP New York – Milan 6,413 km3,985 mi · 7 h 45 min CLTLHR Charlotte – London 6,409 km3,983 mi · 7 h 45 min DTWCDG Detroit – Paris 6,359 km3,952 mi · 7 h 45 min JFKMUC New York – Munich 6,481 km4,027 mi · 7 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).