Distance from Berlin to Lagos
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Lagos, Nigeria is 5,204 km (3,233 mi · 2,810 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,204 km · 3,233 mi · 2,810 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Lagos
- 194° (SSW)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Berlin
- 8° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 47 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 124 min — the sun rises earlier in Berlin
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
- Berlin
- 52.5244, 13.4105
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:38 UTC / 18:48 UTC
- Lagos
- 6.4541, 3.3947
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:42 UTC / 18:04 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.