Distance from Kinshasa to Lagos
Kinshasa (DR Congo) and Lagos (Nigeria) are 1,785 km apart — that's 1,109 miles or 964 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,785 km · 1,109 mi · 964 nmi
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → Lagos
- 312° (NW)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Kinshasa
- 132° (SE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 46 min
- Time zones
- Kinshasa UTC+01:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 48 min — the sun rises earlier in Kinshasa
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
- Kinshasa
- -4.3276, 15.3136
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:49 UTC / 16:55 UTC
- Lagos
- 6.4541, 3.3947
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:36 UTC / 17:43 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.