Distance from Lagos to Nairobi
The great-circle distance between Lagos, Nigeria and Nairobi, Kenya is 3,808 km (2,366 mi · 2,056 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,808 km · 2,366 mi · 2,056 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Nairobi
- 102° (ESE)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Lagos
- 283° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 08 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 134 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
- Nairobi
- -1.2833, 36.8167
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:23 UTC / 15:29 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.