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LHR London ⇄ MRU Mauritius

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

Distance9,784 km6,080 mi5,283 nautical miles
LHR → MRU11 h 50 minestimated block time
MRU → LHR12 h 35 minestimated block time
Clock change+4 hMauritius vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Mauritius (MRU)LHRLondonMRUMauritius
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 → MRU

11 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 127° (SE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Mauritius Sun 8 Nov, 01:50 local +1 day.

MRU → LHR

12 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 328° (NNW).

Leave Mauritius Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 18:35 local.

LHR-bound flights are the slower direction by about 45 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 distance9,784 km · 6,080 mi · 5,283 nmi
Initial heading127° (SE) from LHR; 328° (NNW) from MRU
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip49% 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
MRUIndian/Mauritius — UTC+4 now; UTC+4 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceMauritius is 4 hours ahead of London today; +4 h in January and +3 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying LHR → MRU. 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

LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m MRU Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International AirportMauritius, Mauritius · longest runway 11,056 ft3,370 m

More routes from LHR and MRU

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 LHRPEK London – Beijing 8,154 km5,067 mi · 9 h 50 min LHRSYD London – Sydney 17,021 km10,576 mi · 19 h 30 min JNBMRU Johannesburg – Mauritius 3,066 km1,905 mi · 4 h 20 min CDGMRU Paris – Mauritius 9,447 km5,870 mi · 11 h 25 min

Routes of a similar length

GRUFRA São Paulo – Frankfurt 9,796 km6,087 mi · 11 h 50 min CDGHND Paris – Tokyo 9,708 km6,032 mi · 11 h 40 min SFOPVG San Francisco – Shanghai 9,877 km6,138 mi · 13 h 20 min LAXICN Los Angeles – Seoul 9,625 km5,981 mi · 13 h

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).