Distance from Lagos to Melbourne
Flying the shortest possible route, Melbourne lies 14,805 km (9,199 miles, 7,994 nautical miles) from Lagos — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
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+11:00 (+10 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 628 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
- 05:35 UTC / 17:27 UTC
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:07 UTC / 09:02 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.