Distance from Dhaka to Lagos
Flying the shortest possible route, Lagos lies 9,417 km (5,851 miles, 5,085 nautical miles) from Dhaka — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,417 km · 5,851 mi · 5,085 nmi
- Initial bearing Dhaka → Lagos
- 275° (W)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Dhaka
- 67° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 44 min
- Time zones
- Dhaka UTC+06:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 348 min — the sun rises earlier in Dhaka
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
- Dhaka
- 23.7104, 90.4074
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:48 UTC / 11:56 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.