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DXB Dubai ⇄ SIN Singapore

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

Distance5,846 km3,632 mi3,157 nautical miles
DXB → SIN7 h 30 minestimated block time
SIN → DXB7 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change+4 hSingapore vs Dubai, today
Great-circle route from Dubai (DXB) to Singapore (SIN)DXBDubaiSINSingapore
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 → SIN

7 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 109° (ESE).

Leave Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Singapore Sat 7 Nov, 21:30 local.

SIN → DXB

7 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 301° (WNW).

Leave Singapore Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 13:55 local.

DXB-bound flights are the slower direction by about 25 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 distance5,846 km · 3,632 mi · 3,157 nmi
Initial heading109° (ESE) from DXB; 301° (WNW) from SIN
Farthest from the equator25.2°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip29% 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)
SINAsia/Singapore — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceSingapore is 4 hours ahead of Dubai today.

Jet lag, flying DXB → SIN. 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 SIN Singapore Changi AirportSingapore, Singapore · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from DXB and SIN

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 SINKUL Singapore – Kuala Lumpur 297 km185 mi · 1 h 25 min SINDPS Singapore – Bali (Denpasar) 1,672 km1,039 mi · 2 h 55 min SINBOM Singapore – Mumbai 3,922 km2,437 mi · 5 h 35 min ISTSIN Istanbul – Singapore 8,681 km5,394 mi · 10 h 25 min LHRSIN London – Singapore 10,883 km6,762 mi · 12 h 40 min SINJFK Singapore – New York 15,341 km9,532 mi · 18 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

JFKAMS New York – Amsterdam 5,848 km3,634 mi · 7 h 10 min EWRCDG Newark – Paris 5,857 km3,640 mi · 7 h 10 min JFKCDG New York – Paris 5,834 km3,625 mi · 7 h 10 min SEAKEF Seattle – Reykjavík 5,811 km3,611 mi · 7 h 25 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).