Distance from Los Angeles to Melbourne
The great-circle distance between Los Angeles, United States and Melbourne, Australia is 12,774 km (7,937 mi · 6,897 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,774 km · 7,937 mi · 6,897 nmi
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Melbourne
- 240° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Los Angeles
- 65° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 41 min
- Time zones
- Los Angeles UTC-08:00 · Melbourne UTC+11:00 (+19 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 1153 min — the sun rises later in Los Angeles
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
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 14:20 UTC / 00:55 UTC
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:07 UTC / 09:02 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.