Distance from Los Angeles to Paris
The great-circle distance between Los Angeles, United States and Paris, France is 9,086 km (5,646 mi · 4,906 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,086 km · 5,646 mi · 4,906 nmi
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Paris
- 35° (NE)
- Initial bearing Paris → Los Angeles
- 314° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 21 min
- Time zones
- Los Angeles UTC-08:00 · Paris UTC+01:00 (+9 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 451 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
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:49 UTC / 16:21 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.