Distance from Lagos to Melbourne
The great-circle distance between Lagos, Nigeria and Melbourne, Australia is 14,805 km (9,199 mi · 7,994 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 14,805 km · 9,199 mi · 7,994 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Melbourne
- 138° (SE)
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Lagos
- 238° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 18 h 05 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Melbourne UTC+10:00 (+9 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 567 min — the sun rises later 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
- 05:36 UTC / 17:43 UTC
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:10 UTC / 08:17 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.