Distance from Delhi to Mumbai
🇮🇳 Delhi, India → 🇮🇳 Mumbai, India
The dashed line joins the two city centres; the true shortest path on the globe is a great-circle arc, and real flight paths also bend around restricted airspace and follow airways.
The capital and the commercial hub
Delhi is India’s political capital. Mumbai is its financial centre and home to the Reserve Bank of India, the main stock exchanges and the Hindi film industry. The air shuttle between them is one of the busiest domestic routes in the world, with departures every few minutes at peak times. In Delhi flights use Indira Gandhi International (DEL). In Mumbai they use Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International (BOM) and, increasingly, the new Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMI), which opened to commercial flights in December 2025.
Flying south-west, aircraft cross the Aravalli hills and plains of eastern Rajasthan and the Malwa plateau of Madhya Pradesh, then descend past the Western Ghats to the Konkan coast.
Rail and road
The two cities are also joined by one of India’s best-known trains, the Mumbai Rajdhani Express, which runs overnight via Kota and Vadodara in about 16 hours. By road, the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway is opening in stages. Once it is complete it will cut driving time sharply compared with the older national highways. Freight moves along the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, built to take cargo trains off the passenger network.
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Frequently asked questions
- How far is Mumbai from Delhi?
- 1,148 km (713 miles) in a straight line (great-circle distance). The distance is the same in both directions.
- How long is the flight from Delhi to Mumbai?
- A nonstop flight covers the distance in roughly 1h 56m. That estimate assumes an average 800 km/h plus 30 minutes for taxi, climb and descent; scheduled times vary with routing and winds.
- What direction is Mumbai from Delhi?
- Mumbai lies roughly southwest of Delhi; the initial great-circle bearing is 203°.
- What is the time difference between Delhi and Mumbai?
- Delhi and Mumbai share the same time zone (UTC+5:30). Neither city uses daylight saving time.
- Which airports serve this route?
- Delhi: Indira Gandhi International (DEL). Mumbai: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (BOM) and Navi Mumbai (NMI).
- How long is the train from Delhi to Mumbai?
- The fastest overnight trains, such as the Mumbai Rajdhani Express, take roughly 16 hours between New Delhi and Mumbai.
- Which Mumbai airport do Delhi flights use?
- Most use Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International (BOM). Some now use Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMI), which opened to commercial flights in December 2025.
Other routes from Delhi and Mumbai
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