Distance from Los Angeles to São Paulo
The great-circle distance between Los Angeles, United States and São Paulo, Brazil is 9,906 km (6,155 mi · 5,349 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,906 km · 6,155 mi · 5,349 nmi
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → São Paulo
- 120° (ESE)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Los Angeles
- 308° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 19 min
- Time zones
- Los Angeles UTC-07:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (+4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 286 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
- 13:43 UTC / 01:50 UTC
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:56 UTC / 21:04 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.