Distance from Bangkok to Lagos
Bangkok (Thailand) and Lagos (Nigeria) are 10,599 km apart — that's 6,586 miles or 5,723 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,599 km · 6,586 mi · 5,723 nmi
- Initial bearing Bangkok → Lagos
- 278° (W)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Bangkok
- 75° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 08 min
- Time zones
- Bangkok UTC+07:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 389 min — the sun rises earlier in Bangkok
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Bangkok
- 13.7540, 100.5014
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:08 UTC / 11:15 UTC
- Lagos
- 6.4541, 3.3947
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:36 UTC / 17:43 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.