Distance from Bengaluru to Lagos
Bengaluru (India) and Lagos (Nigeria) are 8,140 km apart — that's 5,058 miles or 4,395 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,140 km · 5,058 mi · 4,395 nmi
- Initial bearing Bengaluru → Lagos
- 273° (W)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Bengaluru
- 78° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 14 min
- Time zones
- Bengaluru UTC+05:30 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-4.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 305 min — the sun rises earlier in Bengaluru
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
- Bengaluru
- 12.9719, 77.5937
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:37 UTC / 13:15 UTC
- Lagos
- 6.4541, 3.3947
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:42 UTC / 18:04 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.