Distance from Delhi to Los Angeles
The great-circle distance between Delhi, India and Los Angeles, United States is 12,855 km (7,988 mi · 6,941 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,855 km · 7,988 mi · 6,941 nmi
- Initial bearing Delhi → Los Angeles
- 14° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Delhi
- 345° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 47 min
- Time zones
- Delhi UTC+05:30 · Los Angeles UTC-07:00 (-12.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 773 min — the sun rises earlier in Delhi
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
- Delhi
- 28.6519, 77.2315
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:17 UTC / 13:38 UTC
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 13:10 UTC / 02:49 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.