✈ LAX → GRU
LOS ANGELES → SÃO PAULO IN 12H 34M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Los Angeles to São Paulo
From LAX (LAX), USA North America → Guarulhos (GRU), Brazil South America
↔ Flying the other way? São Paulo → Los Angeles
How long is the flight from Los Angeles to São Paulo?
A nonstop flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to São Paulo (GRU) takes about 12 hours 34 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,163 miles (9,919 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 34m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,163 mi
9,919 km · great-circle
Avg speed
790 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
São Paulo timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Time difference
+4h
4 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~4d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Los Angeles
Nearest destinations
- Los Angeles → Las Vegas
- Los Angeles → San Francisco
- Los Angeles → Seattle
- Los Angeles → Vancouver
- Los Angeles → Dallas
- Los Angeles → Mexico City
- Los Angeles → Chicago
- Los Angeles → Atlanta
- Los Angeles → Cancun
- Los Angeles → Toronto
Long-haul from Los Angeles
- Los Angeles → Johannesburg
- Los Angeles → Cape Town
- Los Angeles → Nairobi
- Los Angeles → Kuala Lumpur
- Los Angeles → Singapore
- Los Angeles → Mumbai
- Los Angeles → Bali (Denpasar)
- Los Angeles → Abu Dhabi
- Los Angeles → Dubai
- Los Angeles → Doha
More flights to South America
Flights to São Paulo
Nearest origins
- Rio de Janeiro → São Paulo
- Buenos Aires → São Paulo
- Santiago → São Paulo
- Cape Town → São Paulo
- Miami → São Paulo
- Cancun → São Paulo
- Mexico City → São Paulo
- Johannesburg → São Paulo
- Atlanta → São Paulo
- Casablanca → São Paulo
Long-haul to São Paulo
- Osaka → São Paulo
- Taipei → São Paulo
- Shanghai → São Paulo
- Tokyo → São Paulo
- Manila → São Paulo
- Seoul → São Paulo
- Hong Kong → São Paulo
- Beijing → São Paulo
- Bangkok → São Paulo
- Singapore → São Paulo