Distance from Kuala Lumpur to Lagos
The great-circle distance between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Lagos, Nigeria is 10,883 km (6,762 mi · 5,876 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,883 km · 6,762 mi · 5,876 nmi
- Initial bearing Kuala Lumpur → Lagos
- 277° (W)
- Initial bearing Lagos → Kuala Lumpur
- 86° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 28 min
- Time zones
- Kuala Lumpur UTC+08:00 · Lagos UTC+01:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 389 min — the sun rises earlier in Kuala Lumpur
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
- Kuala Lumpur
- 3.1412, 101.6865
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:13 UTC / 11:27 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.