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DXB Dubai ⇄ MEL Melbourne

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

Distance11,644 km7,235 mi6,287 nautical miles
DXB → MEL13 h 50 minestimated block time
MEL → DXB14 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change+7 hMelbourne vs Dubai, today
Great-circle route from Dubai (DXB) to Melbourne (MEL)DXBDubaiMELMelbourne
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 → MEL

13 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 125° (SE).

Leave Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Melbourne Sun 8 Nov, 06:50 local +1 day.

MEL → DXB

14 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 291° (WNW).

Leave Melbourne Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 17:50 local.

DXB-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 distance11,644 km · 7,235 mi · 6,287 nmi
Initial heading125° (SE) from DXB; 291° (WNW) from MEL
Farthest from the equator37.7°S
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip58% 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)
MELAustralia/Melbourne — UTC+11 now; UTC+10 standard time, UTC+11 during daylight saving time
DifferenceMelbourne is 7 hours ahead of Dubai today; +7 h in January and +6 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying DXB → MEL. Your body clock has to move 7 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 7 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 MEL Melbourne AirportMelbourne, Australia · longest runway 11,998 ft3,657 m

More routes from DXB and MEL

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 DXBJFK Dubai – New York 11,002 km6,836 mi · 14 h 30 min DXBAKL Dubai – Auckland 14,199 km8,823 mi · 16 h 30 min MELHBA Melbourne – Hobart 618 km384 mi · 1 h 45 min SYDMEL Sydney – Melbourne 706 km438 mi · 1 h 55 min MELAKL Melbourne – Auckland 2,637 km1,639 mi · 3 h 45 min MELDPS Melbourne – Bali (Denpasar) 4,381 km2,722 mi · 6 h 15 min MELHND Melbourne – Tokyo 8,158 km5,069 mi · 10 h 20 min DFWMEL Dallas–Fort Worth – Melbourne 14,475 km8,995 mi · 18 h 15 min

Routes of a similar length

LAXHKG Los Angeles – Hong Kong 11,664 km7,248 mi · 15 h 30 min IADADD Washington – Addis Ababa 11,563 km7,185 mi · 13 h 15 min LAXMNL Los Angeles – Manila 11,740 km7,295 mi · 15 h 40 min LAXBNE Los Angeles – Brisbane 11,533 km7,167 mi · 14 h 35 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).