Distance from Dubai to Lagos
The great-circle distance between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Lagos, Nigeria is 5,886 km (3,657 mi · 3,178 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,886 km · 3,657 mi · 3,178 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Lagos
- 259° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Dubai
- 63° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 232 min — the sun rises earlier in Dubai
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
- Dubai
- 25.0772, 55.3093
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:50 UTC / 15:00 UTC
- Lagos
- 6.4541, 3.3947
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:42 UTC / 18:04 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.