✈ DXB → JNB
8H 23M IN ECONOMY. PACK MELATONIN. PACK A NECK PILLOW. PACK REGRETS.
Flight from Dubai to Johannesburg
From Dubai International (DXB), UAE Middle East → O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Johannesburg → Dubai
How long is the flight from Dubai to Johannesburg?
A nonstop flight from Dubai (DXB) to Johannesburg (JNB) takes about 8 hours 23 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,985 miles (6,413 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 23m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,985 mi
6,413 km · great-circle
Avg speed
765 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Dubai timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
-2h
2 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~1.4d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Dubai
Nearest destinations
- Dubai → Abu Dhabi
- Dubai → Doha
- Dubai → Mumbai
- Dubai → Tel Aviv
- Dubai → Delhi
- Dubai → Cairo
- Dubai → Istanbul
- Dubai → Athens
- Dubai → Bucharest
- Dubai → Nairobi
Long-haul from Dubai
- Dubai → Santiago
- Dubai → Mexico City
- Dubai → Auckland
- Dubai → Buenos Aires
- Dubai → Cancun
- Dubai → Los Angeles
- Dubai → Las Vegas
- Dubai → San Francisco
- Dubai → Dallas
- Dubai → Miami
More flights to Africa
Flights to Johannesburg
Nearest origins
- Cape Town → Johannesburg
- Nairobi → Johannesburg
- Doha → Johannesburg
- Cairo → Johannesburg
- Abu Dhabi → Johannesburg
- Tel Aviv → Johannesburg
- Mumbai → Johannesburg
- Athens → Johannesburg
- Rio de Janeiro → Johannesburg
- São Paulo → Johannesburg