Distance from Mumbai to New York City
Mumbai (India) and New York City (United States) are 12,538 km apart — that's 7,791 miles or 6,770 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,538 km · 7,791 mi · 6,770 nmi
- Initial bearing Mumbai → New York City
- 333° (NNW)
- Initial bearing New York City → Mumbai
- 34° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 25 min
- Time zones
- Mumbai UTC+05:30 · New York City UTC-04:00 (-9.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 552 min — the sun rises earlier in Mumbai
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
- Mumbai
- 19.0728, 72.8826
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:48 UTC / 13:42 UTC
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:00 UTC / 00:05 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.