Distance from London to Los Angeles
London (United Kingdom) and Los Angeles (United States) are 8,756 km apart — that's 5,440 miles or 4,728 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,756 km · 5,440 mi · 4,728 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Los Angeles
- 312° (NW)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → London
- 34° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 58 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+01:00 · Los Angeles UTC-07:00 (-8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 474 min — the sun rises earlier in London
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
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:48 UTC / 17:59 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.