Distance from Lagos to Sydney
Lagos (Nigeria) and Sydney (Australia) are 15,517 km apart — that's 9,642 miles or 8,378 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,517 km · 9,642 mi · 8,378 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Sydney
- 137° (SE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Lagos
- 235° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 18 h 55 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Sydney UTC+10:00 (+9 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 591 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
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:45 UTC / 07:52 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.