Distance from Beijing to Lagos
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Lagos, Nigeria is 11,458 km (7,120 mi · 6,187 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,458 km · 7,120 mi · 6,187 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Lagos
- 290° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Beijing
- 46° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 08 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 453 min — the sun rises earlier in Beijing
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
- Beijing
- 39.9075, 116.3972
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:03 UTC / 10:13 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.