Distance from Hong Kong to Lagos
The great-circle distance between Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Lagos, Nigeria is 11,840 km (7,357 mi · 6,393 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,840 km · 7,357 mi · 6,393 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Lagos
- 284° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Hong Kong
- 64° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 463 min — the sun rises earlier in Hong Kong
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
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:01 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.