Distance from Los Angeles to Mexico City
The great-circle distance between Los Angeles, United States and Mexico City, Mexico is 2,491 km (1,548 mi · 1,345 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,491 km · 1,548 mi · 1,345 nmi
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Mexico City
- 126° (SE)
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Los Angeles
- 315° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Los Angeles UTC-07:00 · Mexico City UTC-06:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 54 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
- 13:10 UTC / 02:49 UTC
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:16 UTC / 01:10 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.