Distance from Dubai to Moscow
The great-circle distance between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Moscow, Russia is 3,701 km (2,300 mi · 1,998 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,701 km · 2,300 mi · 1,998 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Moscow
- 342° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Moscow → Dubai
- 150° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 2 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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:48 UTC / 17:24 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.