Distance from Hong Kong to Los Angeles
Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and Los Angeles (United States) are 11,652 km apart — that's 7,240 miles or 6,292 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,652 km · 7,240 mi · 6,292 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Los Angeles
- 43° (NE)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Hong Kong
- 311° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 22 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · Los Angeles UTC-08:00 (-16 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 948 min — the sun rises earlier in Hong Kong
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
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:32 UTC / 09:44 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.