Distance from Lagos to Shenzhen
Lagos (Nigeria) and Shenzhen (China) are 11,822 km apart — that's 7,346 miles or 6,383 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,822 km · 7,346 mi · 6,383 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Shenzhen
- 64° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Lagos
- 284° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 34 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 463 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
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:02 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.