Distance from Chicago to Lagos
Chicago (United States) and Lagos (Nigeria) are 9,615 km apart — that's 5,975 miles or 5,192 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,615 km · 5,975 mi · 5,192 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Lagos
- 84° (E)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Chicago
- 312° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 58 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-05:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 363 min — the sun rises later in Chicago
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
- Chicago
- 41.8500, -87.6500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:40 UTC / 23:48 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.