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LHR London ⇄ MBJ Montego Bay

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

Distance7,548 km4,690 mi4,075 nautical miles
LHR → MBJ10 h 20 minestimated block time
MBJ → LHR9 hestimated block time
Clock change−5 hMontego Bay vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Montego Bay (MBJ)LHRLondonMBJMontego Bay
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 → MBJ

10 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 272° (W).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Montego Bay Sat 7 Nov, 15:20 local.

MBJ → LHR

9 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 41° (NE).

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

MBJ-bound flights are the slower direction by about 80 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 distance7,548 km · 4,690 mi · 4,075 nmi
Initial heading272° (W) from LHR; 41° (NE) from MBJ
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip38% 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
MBJAmerica/Jamaica — UTC−5 now; UTC−5 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceMontego Bay is 5 hours behind London today; −5 h in January and −6 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying LHR → MBJ. Your body clock has to move 5 hours later, like a westward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 5 days to fully adjust. Shifting later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening 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 MBJ Sangster International AirportMontego Bay, Jamaica · longest runway 10,039 ft3,060 m

More routes from LHR and MBJ

LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min LHROSL London – Oslo 1,206 km749 mi · 2 h 20 min LHRTLV London – Tel Aviv 3,589 km2,230 mi · 4 h 50 min LHRANU London – St. John's 6,553 km4,072 mi · 9 h 05 min LHRSEZ London – Mahé 8,176 km5,080 mi · 10 h LHRSYD London – Sydney 17,021 km10,576 mi · 19 h 30 min ATLMBJ Atlanta – Montego Bay 1,803 km1,120 mi · 3 h 05 min JFKMBJ New York – Montego Bay 2,493 km1,549 mi · 3 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

YVRHND Vancouver – Tokyo 7,558 km4,697 mi · 10 h 25 min SYDBKK Sydney – Bangkok 7,515 km4,669 mi · 9 h 50 min ISTBKK Istanbul – Bangkok 7,514 km4,669 mi · 9 h ATLGRU Atlanta – São Paulo 7,510 km4,667 mi · 9 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).