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DXB Dubai ⇄ PER Perth

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

Distance9,041 km5,618 mi4,882 nautical miles
DXB → PER11 h 05 minestimated block time
PER → DXB11 h 35 minestimated block time
Clock change+4 hPerth vs Dubai, today
Great-circle route from Dubai (DXB) to Perth (PER)DXBDubaiPERPerth
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 → PER

11 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 132° (SE).

Leave Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Perth Sun 8 Nov, 01:05 local +1 day.

PER → DXB

11 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 307° (NW).

Leave Perth Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 17:35 local.

DXB-bound flights are the slower direction by about 35 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 distance9,041 km · 5,618 mi · 4,882 nmi
Initial heading132° (SE) from DXB; 307° (NW) from PER
Farthest from the equator31.9°S
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip45% 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)
PERAustralia/Perth — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferencePerth is 4 hours ahead of Dubai today.

Jet lag, flying DXB → PER. 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 PER Perth International AirportPerth, Australia · longest runway 11,299 ft3,444 m

More routes from DXB and PER

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 PERDPS Perth – Bali (Denpasar) 2,580 km1,603 mi · 4 h MELPER Melbourne – Perth 2,700 km1,678 mi · 4 h 25 min SYDPER Sydney – Perth 3,277 km2,036 mi · 5 h 10 min PERSIN Perth – Singapore 3,911 km2,430 mi · 5 h 35 min JNBPER Johannesburg – Perth 8,310 km5,163 mi · 9 h 40 min LHRPER London – Perth 14,508 km9,015 mi · 16 h 45 min

Routes of a similar length

MEXMAD Mexico City – Madrid 9,065 km5,633 mi · 10 h 30 min YVRPVG Vancouver – Shanghai 9,016 km5,602 mi · 12 h LHRJNB London – Johannesburg 9,075 km5,639 mi · 11 h 10 min FRABKK Frankfurt – Bangkok 9,000 km5,593 mi · 10 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).