Distance from Lagos to Tianjin
The great-circle distance between Lagos, Nigeria and Tianjin, China is 11,550 km (7,177 mi · 6,237 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,550 km · 7,177 mi · 6,237 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Tianjin
- 47° (NE)
- Initial bearing Tianjin → Lagos
- 291° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 15 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Tianjin UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 504 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
- Tianjin
- 39.1422, 117.1767
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:18 UTC / 11:17 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.