Distance from Hanoi to Lagos
The great-circle distance between Hanoi, Vietnam and Lagos, Nigeria is 11,029 km (6,853 mi · 5,955 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,029 km · 6,853 mi · 5,955 nmi
- Initial bearing Hanoi → Lagos
- 281° (W)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Hanoi
- 67° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 38 min
- Time zones
- Hanoi UTC+07:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 428 min — the sun rises earlier in Hanoi
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
- Hanoi
- 21.0245, 105.8412
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:34 UTC / 11:33 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.