This paper describes an experimental study on the burning time of suspended single droplets of fuel oils in high temperature air. The fuel oils used in the experiment were marine diesel oils and light cycle oils. The results show that the burning time of a single droplet is determined by the mass of droplet at ignition and the evaporation rate during burning, and that it decreases under both lower and higher ambient temperatures. The burning time was a maximum at an ambient temperature of 1000K. The burning times were compared and the mechanism of the burning process of these droplets was observed.