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LHR London ⇄ BOM Mumbai

London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom) and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (India): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance7,213 km4,482 mi3,895 nautical miles
LHR → BOM8 h 40 minestimated block time
BOM → LHR9 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change+5 h 30 minMumbai vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Mumbai (BOM)LHRLondonBOMMumbai
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

LHR → BOM

8 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 91° (E).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Mumbai Sun 8 Nov, 00:10 local +1 day.

BOM → LHR

9 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 319° (NW).

Leave Mumbai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 14:25 local.

LHR-bound flights are the slower direction by about 75 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 distance7,213 km · 4,482 mi · 3,895 nmi
Initial heading91° (E) from LHR; 319° (NW) from BOM
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip36% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LHREurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
BOMAsia/Kolkata — UTC+5:30 now; UTC+5:30 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceMumbai is 5 h 30 min ahead of London today; +5 h 30 min in January and +4 h 30 min in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying LHR → BOM. Your body clock has to move 5 h 30 min 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 6 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

LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m BOM Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportMumbai, India · longest runway 11,511 ft3,509 m

More routes from LHR and BOM

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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).