Distance from Barcelona to Lagos
The great-circle distance between Barcelona, Spain and Lagos, Nigeria is 3,886 km (2,415 mi · 2,099 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,886 km · 2,415 mi · 2,099 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → Lagos
- 178° (S)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Barcelona
- 358° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 14 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+02:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 4 min — the sun rises later in Barcelona
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
- Barcelona
- 41.3888, 2.1590
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:40 UTC / 17:49 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.