Distance from Johannesburg to Lagos
Flying the shortest possible route, Lagos lies 4,501 km (2,797 miles, 2,430 nautical miles) from Johannesburg — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,501 km · 2,797 mi · 2,430 nmi
- Initial bearing Johannesburg → Lagos
- 320° (NW)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Johannesburg
- 145° (SE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 57 min
- Time zones
- Johannesburg UTC+02:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 140 min — the sun rises earlier in Johannesburg
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
- Johannesburg
- -26.2023, 28.0436
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:15 UTC / 16:30 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.