Distance from Lagos to Lima
Lagos (Nigeria) and Lima (Peru) are 9,124 km apart — that's 5,669 miles or 4,927 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,124 km · 5,669 mi · 4,927 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Lima
- 257° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Lima → Lagos
- 82° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 24 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Lima UTC-05:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 299 min — the sun rises earlier in Lagos
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
- Lagos
- 6.4541, 3.3947
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:35 UTC / 17:27 UTC
- Lima
- -12.0432, -77.0282
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:35 UTC / 23:11 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.