Distance from Beijing to Los Angeles
Beijing (China) and Los Angeles (United States) are 10,062 km apart — that's 6,252 miles or 5,433 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,062 km · 6,252 mi · 5,433 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Los Angeles
- 43° (NE)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Beijing
- 321° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 30 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Los Angeles UTC-07:00 (-15 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 950 min — the sun rises earlier in Beijing
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
- Beijing
- 39.9075, 116.3972
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:20 UTC / 11:22 UTC
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 13:10 UTC / 02:49 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.