Dar es Salaam, Tanzania → London, United Kingdom
4,042 nautical miles · Direction: northwest
The straight-line distance from Dar es Salaam to London is 7,487 km (4,652 miles). London lies roughly north-northwest of Dar es Salaam; the initial great-circle bearing is 335° (NNW). It is an international route from Tanzania to United Kingdom, crossing from Africa to Europe.
Dar es Salaam (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) sits at 6.7924°S, 39.2083°E; London (England, United Kingdom) is at 51.5074°N, 0.1278°W. The initial great-circle bearing is 335° (NNW); on a great circle the heading changes along the way.
| Mode | Figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| ✈️ Flight | ~9h 51min | Estimate: 800 km/h + 30 min taxi. Not a schedule; total trip time is longer. |
| 🚗 Road | No estimate | No road estimate |
SnapDistance does not publish a road-distance or driving-time figure for Dar es Salaam to London. Although the land is physically connected, a continuous drive would cross several international borders and long corridors where an ordinary road journey cannot be assumed, so a straight-line road estimate would not describe a usable route.
The geographic halfway point of the great-circle path between Dar es Salaam and London lies at approximately 23.5247°N, 24.2276°E — the position that is an equal 3,744 km from each city along that path. It is a geometric midpoint, not a halfway point by road.
Depending on the date, London (Europe/London) is 2 or 3 hours behind Dar es Salaam (Africa/Dar_es_Salaam), because daylight saving changes on different dates in the two zones or applies in only one of them.
The straight-line distance from Dar es Salaam to London is approximately 7,487 km (4,652 miles, 4,042 nautical miles).
London lies roughly north-northwest of Dar es Salaam; the initial great-circle bearing is 335° (NNW).
Estimated flight time is about 9h 51min (great-circle distance at 800 km/h plus 30 min for taxi, take-off and landing). It is not an airline schedule; total airport-to-airport trip time is longer.
SnapDistance does not publish a road-distance or driving-time figure for Dar es Salaam to London. Although the land is physically connected, a continuous drive would cross several international borders and long corridors where an ordinary road journey cannot be assumed, so a straight-line road estimate would not describe a usable route.
Depending on the date, London (Europe/London) is 2 or 3 hours behind Dar es Salaam (Africa/Dar_es_Salaam), because daylight saving changes on different dates in the two zones or applies in only one of them.
Straight-line distance uses the great-circle (Haversine) method. Flight and road figures, where shown, are estimates rather than schedules or live routing. How SnapDistance calculates distances