Distance from Chengdu to Lagos
Chengdu (China) and Lagos (Nigeria) are 10,652 km apart — that's 6,619 miles or 5,751 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,652 km · 6,619 mi · 5,751 nmi
- Initial bearing Chengdu → Lagos
- 281° (W)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Chengdu
- 58° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 11 min
- Time zones
- Chengdu UTC+08:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 371 min — the sun rises earlier in Chengdu
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
- Chengdu
- 30.6667, 104.0667
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:24 UTC / 10:12 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.