Distance from Lagos to Moscow
Lagos (Nigeria) and Moscow (Russia) are 6,257 km apart — that's 3,888 miles or 3,378 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,257 km · 3,888 mi · 3,378 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Moscow
- 22° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Moscow → Lagos
- 222° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 234 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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:48 UTC / 17:24 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.