Distance from Delhi to Lagos
Delhi (India) and Lagos (Nigeria) are 8,089 km apart — that's 5,026 miles or 4,368 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,089 km · 5,026 mi · 4,368 nmi
- Initial bearing Delhi → Lagos
- 268° (W)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Delhi
- 62° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 10 min
- Time zones
- Delhi UTC+05:30 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-4.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 296 min — the sun rises earlier in Delhi
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
- Delhi
- 28.6519, 77.2315
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:40 UTC / 12:48 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.