Distance from Karachi to Lagos
The great-circle distance between Karachi, Pakistan and Lagos, Nigeria is 7,049 km (4,380 mi · 3,806 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,049 km · 4,380 mi · 3,806 nmi
- Initial bearing Karachi → Lagos
- 265° (W)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Karachi
- 65° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 57 min
- Time zones
- Karachi UTC+05:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 278 min — the sun rises earlier in Karachi
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
- Karachi
- 24.8608, 67.0104
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:04 UTC / 14:13 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.