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LHR London ⇄ LIS Lisbon

London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom) and Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (Portugal): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,564 km972 mi845 nautical miles
LHR → LIS2 h 55 minestimated block time
LIS → LHR2 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hLisbon vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Lisbon (LIS)LHRLondonLISLisbon
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 → LIS

2 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 209° (SSW).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Lisbon Sat 7 Nov, 12:55 local.

LIS → LHR

2 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 23° (NNE).

Leave Lisbon Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 12:45 local.

The two directions differ by 9 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 distance1,564 km · 972 mi · 845 nmi
Initial heading209° (SSW) from LHR; 23° (NNE) from LIS
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip8% 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
LISEurope/Lisbon — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceLisbon is on the same clock as London today.

Jet lag, flying LHR → LIS. 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

LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m LIS Lisbon Humberto Delgado AirportLisbon, Portugal · longest runway 12,500 ft3,810 m

More routes from LHR and LIS

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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).