Hamburg to Jeddah sea distance

Hamburg, Germany (DEHAM) to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (SAJED) is 4,362 nautical miles (8,079 km) by sea, via the Suez Canal.

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Dover StraitStrait of GibraltarSuez CanalHamburgJeddah

Distance and sailing time

Distance4,362 nm · 8,079 km
At 14 knots13.0 days (312 h)
At 18 knots10.1 days (242 h)
At 22 knots8.3 days (198 h)

Time at sea only, excluding port calls, canal waiting and weather.

Passages

With Suez closed

Avoiding the Suez Canal, the shortest route is 11,265 nm (20,864 km) via the Cape of Good Hope: 6,903 nm (158%) longer, or about 20.5 extra days at 14 knots.

Emissions estimate

Inside ECA/SECA zones5,096 km (63% of the route)
CO₂e≈ 2,830 t

Rough estimate for a post-Panamax container ship, not a certified figure. ECA share uses bounding boxes.

Compute it yourself

import { seaRoute } from 'searoute-ts';
import 'searoute-ts/ports';

const route = seaRoute('DEHAM', 'SAJED', { vesselDraftMeters: 14 });
console.log(route.properties.length); // 4,362 nm

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