Distance from Lagos to Los Angeles
Flying the shortest possible route, Los Angeles lies 12,415 km (7,714 miles, 6,703 nautical miles) from Lagos — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,415 km · 7,714 mi · 6,703 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Los Angeles
- 311° (NW)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Lagos
- 66° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Los Angeles UTC-08:00 (-9 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 525 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
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 14:20 UTC / 00:55 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.