Distance from Berlin to Los Angeles
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Los Angeles, United States is 9,310 km (5,785 mi · 5,027 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,310 km · 5,785 mi · 5,027 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Los Angeles
- 321° (NW)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Berlin
- 27° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 37 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · Los Angeles UTC-07:00 (-9 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 573 min — the sun rises earlier in Berlin
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
- Berlin
- 52.5244, 13.4105
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:38 UTC / 18:48 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.