Distance from Lagos to Paris
Lagos (Nigeria) and Paris (France) are 4,716 km apart — that's 2,930 miles or 2,546 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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
- 3 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
- 05:36 UTC / 17:43 UTC
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:39 UTC / 17:49 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.