Distance from Los Angeles to Rome
Los Angeles (United States) and Rome (Italy) are 10,191 km apart — that's 6,332 miles or 5,503 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,191 km · 6,332 mi · 5,503 nmi
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Rome
- 34° (NE)
- Initial bearing Rome → Los Angeles
- 321° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 39 min
- Time zones
- Los Angeles UTC-07:00 · Rome UTC+02:00 (+9 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 539 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
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:11 UTC / 18:22 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.