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DXB Dubai ⇄ MAN Manchester

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

Distance5,656 km3,515 mi3,054 nautical miles
DXB → MAN8 hestimated block time
MAN → DXB7 hestimated block time
Clock change−4 hManchester vs Dubai, today
Great-circle route from Dubai (DXB) to Manchester (MAN)DXBDubaiMANManchester
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 → MAN

8 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 319° (NW).

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

MAN → DXB

7 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 100° (E).

Leave Manchester Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 21:00 local.

MAN-bound flights are the slower direction by about 60 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 distance5,656 km · 3,515 mi · 3,054 nmi
Initial heading319° (NW) from DXB; 100° (E) from MAN
Farthest from the equator53.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip28% 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)
MANEurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceManchester is 4 hours behind Dubai today; −4 h in January and −3 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying DXB → MAN. Your body clock has to move 4 hours later, like a westward 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 later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening 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 MAN Manchester AirportManchester, United Kingdom · longest runway 10,007 ft3,050 m

More routes from DXB and MAN

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 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 LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min MANPMI Manchester – Palma de Mallorca 1,581 km982 mi · 2 h 50 min MANFAO Manchester – Faro 1,869 km1,161 mi · 3 h 15 min MANTFS Manchester – Tenerife 3,048 km1,894 mi · 4 h 40 min EWRMAN Newark – Manchester 5,383 km3,345 mi · 6 h 45 min MANCUN Manchester – Cancún 7,794 km4,843 mi · 10 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

PHLLHR Philadelphia – London 5,690 km3,536 mi · 7 h YYZLHR Toronto – London 5,707 km3,546 mi · 7 h 05 min EWRLHR Newark – London 5,562 km3,456 mi · 6 h 55 min JFKMAD New York – Madrid 5,760 km3,579 mi · 7 h

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).