Distance from Lagos to Madrid
The great-circle distance between Lagos, Nigeria and Madrid, Spain is 3,842 km (2,387 mi · 2,075 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,842 km · 2,387 mi · 2,075 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Madrid
- 350° (N)
- Initial bearing Madrid → Lagos
- 167° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 11 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Madrid UTC+02:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 23 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
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:19 UTC / 19:23 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.