Distance from Lagos to Mexico City
Flying the shortest possible route, Mexico City lies 11,069 km (6,878 miles, 5,977 nautical miles) from Lagos — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,069 km · 6,878 mi · 5,977 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Mexico City
- 291° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Lagos
- 80° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 41 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Mexico City UTC-06:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 394 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
- 05:42 UTC / 18:04 UTC
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:16 UTC / 01:10 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.