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Flying from Mumbai to Singapore?

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About this route

MumbaiSingapore

A medium flight from India to Singapore. Singapore is 2½ hours ahead. Note the unusual time zone offset when adjusting your watch.

Route type International
Distance 3,922 km / 2,437 mi
Distance class Medium-haul
Direction East-southeast
Est. duration About 4h 50m
Time change Destination +2h 30m

Departing from

BOM

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport

Location Mumbai, India
Time zone GMT+5:30 · UTC+5:30
Current time

The city of seven islands

Mumbai was built by joining seven islands into a single peninsula on India's west coast, and that reclaimed, narrow geography still shapes the city: it runs in a long north-south strip with the sea on multiple sides. Mumbai's suburban rail network is the backbone of daily life, carrying millions a day, and a metro line opened directly into Terminal 2 in 2024, giving the airport its first rail link. Monsoon season, roughly June to September, brings intense rain that can flood low-lying streets and slow the entire city. It is India's financial and entertainment capital, home to Bollywood, and one of the most densely populated cities on Earth.

Surrounding hubs

1,137 km / 706 mi
1,526 km / 948 mi
1,590 km / 988 mi

Arriving at

SIN

Singapore Changi Airport

Location Singapore, Singapore
Time zone GMT+8 · UTC+8
Current time

The garden city-state

Singapore is a dense, tropical city-state at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, a single island where the city and the country are the same thing. It is famously orderly and green, easy to cross on a clean and frequent metro, and built for the heat and sudden rain. The center mixes high finance, colonial remnants, and hawker food, with residential towers spread across the island. Distances are short, and the transit makes a car unnecessary.

Surrounding hubs

297 km / 185 mi
882 km / 548 mi
1,093 km / 679 mi
How it works

Find out which side of the plane to sit on.

Pick your airports, set your departure time, and you're done.

We calculate the sun's position based on your flight path and departure time, then tell you which side of the plane gets direct sun and which stays shaded. No guessing, just math.

01

Enter your flight

Pick your departure and arrival airports and set your departure time at the departure airport. FlightSide estimates the duration and you can adjust it if you know the exact schedule.

02

We track the sun along your route

Your flight path is broken into hundreds of points. At each one we check where the sun is and which side of the plane it faces.

03

You get a recommendation

Which side of the plane to sit on, left or right, depending on whether you'd rather avoid the sun or enjoy it. The percentages and the map are there if you want to see why.

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