Distance from Lagos to Tokyo
The great-circle distance between Lagos, Nigeria and Tokyo, Japan is 13,476 km (8,373 mi · 7,276 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,476 km · 8,373 mi · 7,276 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Tokyo
- 41° (NE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Lagos
- 307° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 16 h 31 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 587 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
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:55 UTC / 09:41 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.