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MEX Mexico City ⇄ GDL Guadalajara

Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (Mexico) and Guadalajara International Airport (Mexico): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance459 km285 mi248 nautical miles
MEX → GDL1 h 35 minestimated block time
GDL → MEX1 h 35 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hGuadalajara vs Mexico City, today
Great-circle route from Mexico City (MEX) to Guadalajara (GDL)MEXMexico CityGDLGuadalajara
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

MEX → GDL

1 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 286° (WNW).

Leave Mexico City Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Guadalajara Sat 7 Nov, 11:35 local.

GDL → MEX

1 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 105° (ESE).

Leave Guadalajara Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Mexico City Sat 7 Nov, 11:35 local.

The two directions differ by 3 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance459 km · 285 mi · 248 nmi
Initial heading286° (WNW) from MEX; 105° (ESE) from GDL
Farthest from the equator20.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip2% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

MEXAmerica/Mexico_City — UTC−6 now; UTC−6 all year (no daylight saving time)
GDLAmerica/Mexico_City — UTC−6 now; UTC−6 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceGuadalajara is on the same clock as Mexico City today.

Jet lag, flying MEX → GDL. 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

MEX Mexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico City, Mexico · longest runway 12,966 ft3,952 m GDL Guadalajara International AirportGuadalajara, Mexico · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

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Routes of a similar length

MUCBER Munich – Berlin 462 km287 mi · 1 h 35 min GMPCJU Seoul – Jeju 451 km280 mi · 1 h 35 min LHRDUB London – Dublin 449 km279 mi · 1 h 35 min FCOLIN Rome – Milan 470 km292 mi · 1 h 35 min

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Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).