Distance from Lagos to Paris
The great-circle distance between Lagos, Nigeria and Paris, France is 4,716 km (2,930 mi · 2,546 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,716 km · 2,930 mi · 2,546 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Paris
- 359° (N)
- Initial bearing Paris → Lagos
- 178° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 12 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Paris UTC+02:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 68 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
- 05:42 UTC / 18:04 UTC
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:34 UTC / 19:20 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.