Distance from Lagos to Taipei
The great-circle distance between Lagos, Nigeria and Taipei, Taiwan is 12,469 km (7,748 mi · 6,733 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,469 km · 7,748 mi · 6,733 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Taipei
- 60° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Taipei → Lagos
- 289° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 20 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Taipei UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 473 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
- Taipei
- 25.0531, 121.5264
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:43 UTC / 09:51 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.