Distance from Dubai to Melbourne
The great-circle distance between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Melbourne, Australia is 11,654 km (7,241 mi · 6,293 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,654 km · 7,241 mi · 6,293 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Melbourne
- 125° (SE)
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Dubai
- 290° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 22 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Melbourne UTC+10:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 275 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
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:15 UTC / 07:39 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.