Distance from Buenos Aires to Los Angeles
Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Los Angeles (United States) are 9,853 km apart — that's 6,122 miles or 5,320 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,853 km · 6,122 mi · 5,320 nmi
- Initial bearing Buenos Aires → Los Angeles
- 314° (NW)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Buenos Aires
- 135° (SE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 15 min
- Time zones
- Buenos Aires UTC-03:00 · Los Angeles UTC-07:00 (-4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 240 min — the sun rises earlier in Buenos Aires
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
- Buenos Aires
- -34.6131, -58.3772
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:42 UTC / 21:51 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.