Distance from Lagos to Rome
Lagos (Nigeria) and Rome (Italy) are 4,042 km apart — that's 2,512 miles or 2,183 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,042 km · 2,512 mi · 2,183 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Rome
- 11° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Rome → Lagos
- 195° (SSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 25 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Rome UTC+02:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 38 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
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:59 UTC / 17:08 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.