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HAM Hamburg ⇄ MUC Munich

Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (Germany) and Munich Airport (Germany): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance600 km373 mi324 nautical miles
HAM → MUC1 h 45 minestimated block time
MUC → HAM1 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hMunich vs Hamburg, today
Great-circle route from Hamburg (HAM) to Munich (MUC)HAMHamburgMUCMunich
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

HAM → MUC

1 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 167° (SSE).

Leave Hamburg Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Munich Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

MUC → HAM

1 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 349° (NNW).

Leave Munich Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Hamburg Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

The two directions differ by 2 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance600 km · 373 mi · 324 nmi
Initial heading167° (SSE) from HAM; 349° (NNW) from MUC
Farthest from the equator53.6°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip3% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

HAMEurope/Berlin — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
MUCEurope/Berlin — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceMunich is on the same clock as Hamburg today.

Jet lag, flying HAM → MUC. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

HAM Hamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportHamburg, Germany · longest runway 12,028 ft3,666 m MUC Munich AirportMunich, Germany · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from HAM and MUC

MUCBER Munich – Berlin 462 km287 mi · 1 h 35 min LHRMUC London – Munich 941 km585 mi · 2 h JFKMUC New York – Munich 6,481 km4,027 mi · 7 h 50 min ORDMUC Chicago – Munich 7,270 km4,517 mi · 8 h 45 min LAXMUC Los Angeles – Munich 9,616 km5,975 mi · 11 h 25 min

Routes of a similar length

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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).