Distance from Barcelona to Los Angeles
Barcelona (Spain) and Los Angeles (United States) are 9,653 km apart — that's 5,998 miles or 5,212 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,653 km · 5,998 mi · 5,212 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → Los Angeles
- 314° (NW)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Barcelona
- 40° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+01:00 · Los Angeles UTC-08:00 (-9 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 468 min — the sun rises earlier in Barcelona
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
- Barcelona
- 41.3888, 2.1590
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:32 UTC / 16:40 UTC
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 14:20 UTC / 00:55 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.