Distance from Dongguan to Lagos
The great-circle distance between Dongguan, China and Lagos, Nigeria is 11,777 km (7,318 mi · 6,359 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,777 km · 7,318 mi · 6,359 nmi
- Initial bearing Dongguan → Lagos
- 284° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Dongguan
- 64° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 31 min
- Time zones
- Dongguan UTC+08:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 421 min — the sun rises earlier in Dongguan
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
- Dongguan
- 23.0180, 113.7487
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:35 UTC / 09:45 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.