Distance from Cairo to Lagos
Cairo (Egypt) and Lagos (Nigeria) are 3,919 km apart — that's 2,435 miles or 2,116 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,919 km · 2,435 mi · 2,116 nmi
- Initial bearing Cairo → Lagos
- 234° (SW)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Cairo
- 44° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Cairo UTC+03:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 112 min — the sun rises earlier in Cairo
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
- Cairo
- 30.0626, 31.2497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:44 UTC / 15:52 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.