Distance from Buenos Aires to Lagos
Flying the shortest possible route, Lagos lies 7,912 km (4,917 miles, 4,272 nautical miles) from Buenos Aires — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,912 km · 4,917 mi · 4,272 nmi
- Initial bearing Buenos Aires → Lagos
- 68° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Buenos Aires
- 230° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 58 min
- Time zones
- Buenos Aires UTC-03:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (+4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 191 min — the sun rises later in Buenos Aires
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
- Buenos Aires
- -34.6131, -58.3772
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:46 UTC / 22:30 UTC
- Lagos
- 6.4541, 3.3947
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:35 UTC / 17:27 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.