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DXB Dubai ⇄ RUH Riyadh

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

Distance874 km543 mi472 nautical miles
DXB → RUH2 h 05 minestimated block time
RUH → DXB2 hestimated block time
Clock change−1 hRiyadh vs Dubai, today
Great-circle route from Dubai (DXB) to Riyadh (RUH)DXBDubaiRUHRiyadh
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 → RUH

2 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 270° (W).

Leave Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Riyadh Sat 7 Nov, 11:05 local.

RUH → DXB

2 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 86° (E).

Leave Riyadh Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 13:00 local.

The two directions differ by 8 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance874 km · 543 mi · 472 nmi
Initial heading270° (W) from DXB; 86° (E) from RUH
Farthest from the equator25.2°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip4% 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)
RUHAsia/Riyadh — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceRiyadh is 1 hour behind Dubai today.

Jet lag, flying DXB → RUH. Your body clock has to move 1 hour 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 RUH King Khalid International AirportRiyadh, Saudi Arabia · longest runway 13,796 ft4,205 m

More routes from DXB and RUH

DXBBOM Dubai – Mumbai 1,925 km1,196 mi · 3 h 10 min DXBIST Dubai – Istanbul 3,030 km1,883 mi · 4 h 45 min DXBCDG Dubai – Paris 5,239 km3,255 mi · 7 h 35 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 JEDRUH Jeddah – Riyadh 852 km529 mi · 2 h RUHCAI Riyadh – Cairo 1,612 km1,002 mi · 3 h

Routes of a similar length

LGACLT New York – Charlotte 875 km544 mi · 2 h 10 min HNDFUK Tokyo – Fukuoka 882 km548 mi · 2 h 10 min SINCGK Singapore – Jakarta 882 km548 mi · 2 h 05 min ICNKIX Seoul – Osaka 860 km535 mi · 1 h 55 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).