Distance from Los Angeles to Rio de Janeiro
The great-circle distance between Los Angeles, United States and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is 10,143 km (6,302 mi · 5,477 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,143 km · 6,302 mi · 5,477 nmi
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Rio de Janeiro
- 117° (ESE)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Los Angeles
- 307° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Los Angeles UTC-08:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 375 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
- Rio de Janeiro
- -22.9064, -43.1822
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:05 UTC / 21:10 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.