Distance from Los Angeles to Toronto
Los Angeles (United States) and Toronto (Canada) are 3,494 km apart — that's 2,171 miles or 1,886 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,494 km · 2,171 mi · 1,886 nmi
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Toronto
- 60° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Toronto → Los Angeles
- 265° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 46 min
- Time zones
- Los Angeles UTC-07:00 · Toronto UTC-04:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 175 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
- Toronto
- 43.7064, -79.3986
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:15 UTC / 00:33 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.