Distance from Dubai to Kuala Lumpur
The great-circle distance between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is 5,523 km (3,432 mi · 2,982 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,523 km · 3,432 mi · 2,982 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Kuala Lumpur
- 109° (ESE)
- Initial bearing Kuala Lumpur → Dubai
- 301° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 09 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Kuala Lumpur UTC+08:00 (+4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 157 min — the sun rises later in Dubai
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Dubai
- 25.0772, 55.3093
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:50 UTC / 15:00 UTC
- Kuala Lumpur
- 3.1412, 101.6865
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:13 UTC / 11:27 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.