Distance from Jakarta to Lagos
Jakarta (Indonesia) and Lagos (Nigeria) are 11,564 km apart — that's 7,186 miles or 6,244 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,564 km · 7,186 mi · 6,244 nmi
- Initial bearing Jakarta → Lagos
- 275° (W)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Jakarta
- 95° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Jakarta UTC+07:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 399 min — the sun rises earlier in Jakarta
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
- Jakarta
- -6.2146, 106.8451
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:03 UTC / 10:55 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.