Distance from Lagos to Toronto
The great-circle distance between Lagos, Nigeria and Toronto, Canada is 8,934 km (5,551 mi · 4,824 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,934 km · 5,551 mi · 4,824 nmi
- Initial bearing Lagos → Toronto
- 313° (NW)
- Initial bearing Toronto → Lagos
- 90° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 10 min
- Time zones
- Lagos UTC+01:00 · Toronto UTC-04:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 273 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
- Toronto
- 43.7064, -79.3986
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:15 UTC / 00:33 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.