Distance from Los Angeles to Madrid
Los Angeles (United States) and Madrid (Spain) are 9,363 km apart — that's 5,818 miles or 5,055 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,363 km · 5,818 mi · 5,055 nmi
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Madrid
- 44° (NE)
- Initial bearing Madrid → Los Angeles
- 311° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 40 min
- Time zones
- Los Angeles UTC-07:00 · Madrid UTC+02:00 (+9 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 471 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
- 13:10 UTC / 02:49 UTC
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:19 UTC / 19:23 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.