Distance from Barcelona to Los Angeles
Flying the shortest possible route, Los Angeles lies 9,653 km (5,998 miles, 5,212 nautical miles) from Barcelona — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
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+02:00 · Los Angeles UTC-07:00 (-9 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 482 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
- 05:40 UTC / 17:49 UTC
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 13:43 UTC / 01:50 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.