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LHR London ⇄ RAK Marrakesh

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

Distance2,294 km1,426 mi1,239 nautical miles
LHR → RAK3 h 45 minestimated block time
RAK → LHR3 h 35 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hMarrakesh vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Marrakesh (RAK)LHRLondonRAKMarrakesh
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 → RAK

3 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 199° (SSW).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Marrakesh Sat 7 Nov, 14:45 local.

RAK → LHR

3 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 13° (NNE).

Leave Marrakesh Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 12:35 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 distance2,294 km · 1,426 mi · 1,239 nmi
Initial heading199° (SSW) from LHR; 13° (NNE) from RAK
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip11% 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
RAKAfrica/Casablanca — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceMarrakesh is 1 hour ahead of London today; +1 h in January and ±0 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying LHR → RAK. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. 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 RAK Marrakesh Menara AirportMarrakesh, Morocco · longest runway 10,170 ft3,100 m

More routes from LHR and RAK

LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min LHROSL London – Oslo 1,206 km749 mi · 2 h 20 min AMMLHR Amman – London 3,683 km2,288 mi · 5 h 35 min LHRDEL London – Delhi 6,731 km4,183 mi · 8 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 CDGRAK Paris – Marrakesh 2,129 km1,323 mi · 3 h 35 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).