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Flights from London to Dubai
Everything worth knowing before you book this route — how far it is, how long you will be in the air, whether a direct flight exists from London, and what the fare is doing.
How long is the flight from London to Dubai?
The great-circle distance from London (LON) to Dubai is 3,414 miles. Flown nonstop, that works out at roughly 7h 05m in the air, including taxi time at both ends.
Expect the return leg to differ. Flying eastbound on the way out, you are pushed along by the jet stream, so the outbound and inbound block times on this route differ by up to 45 minutes. Airlines schedule for it — it is not a delay.
Can you fly London to Dubai direct?
Nonstop from Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted
From Heathrow: British Airways, Emirates and Royal Brunei Airlines. From Gatwick: Emirates. From Stansted: Emirates.
What it costs from London
The cheapest return we have measured from London to Dubai is £254, flying out 11 Nov and back 23 Nov. That is this airport's own best week, found by searching it separately from the other nine — every UK airport wins on a different date. The search allows one stop, so this can be a connection rather than one of the nonstops above.
Price LON → DXB on KiwiWhen to book
Dubai sits on the southern shore of the Gulf, which is a shallow, almost enclosed sea, and that is what makes its year so lopsided. Shallow water heats through and stays hot, so the sea offers no cooling at all in the second half of the year — instead it adds humidity to desert air that is already extreme, and the combination is what makes the peak of the year genuinely dangerous rather than merely uncomfortable. That, not rainfall, is why we stop advertising this destination for a stretch.
Seasons, prices and the full Dubai guideLanding in Dubai
You lose 4 hours flying out. Eastbound is the harder direction to adjust to, because you are asking your body to fall asleep earlier than it wants to. Book an arrival that lets you stay up until local evening rather than napping.
| Airport | DXB, twenty minutes from Downtown and one of the busiest airports on earth — allow real time for immigration at peak arrival banks. It is on the metro Red Line, which is the cheapest way into the city by a distance. Al Maktoum (DWC) is the second airport, much further out, and used by some low-cost carriers. |
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| Currency | UAE dirham, pegged to the US dollar. Cards work almost everywhere including taxis and the metro; the souks and the abra want cash. There is no VAT refund worth chasing on small purchases, and tipping is expected at around ten per cent. |
| Language | Arabic is official and English is the working language of the city — signage, menus, taxis and hospitals are all in English, and the majority of people you deal with will be expatriate rather than Emirati. |
Where to stay in Dubai
Most visitors stay in Downtown Dubai or Dubai Marina. The list below is filtered to places rated 9+ by guests and sorted by price, with dates already filled in — change them for your own trip.
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