Distance from Lagos to Rio de Janeiro
The great-circle distance between Lagos, Nigeria and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is 6,023 km (3,743 mi · 3,252 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,023 km · 3,743 mi · 3,252 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Rio de Janeiro
- 236° (SW)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Lagos
- 63° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 45 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 222 min — the sun rises earlier 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
- Rio de Janeiro
- -22.9064, -43.1822
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:24 UTC / 20:35 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.