Distance from Dubai to Los Angeles
The great-circle distance between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Los Angeles, United States is 13,405 km (8,329 mi · 7,238 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,405 km · 8,329 mi · 7,238 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Los Angeles
- 354° (N)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Dubai
- 7° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 16 h 26 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Los Angeles UTC-07:00 (-11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 694 min — the sun rises earlier in Dubai
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
- Dubai
- 25.0772, 55.3093
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:08 UTC / 14:16 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.