✈ GRU → LAX
12H 34M FROM SÃO PAULO TO LOS ANGELES. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from São Paulo to Los Angeles
From Guarulhos (GRU), Brazil South America → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → São Paulo
How long is the flight from São Paulo to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from São Paulo (GRU) to Los Angeles (LAX) 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
São Paulo timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-4h
4 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~2.8d
Westward — easier
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 São Paulo
Nearest destinations
- São Paulo → 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
Long-haul from São Paulo
- 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
More flights to North America
Flights to Los Angeles
Nearest origins
- 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 → Los Angeles
Long-haul to 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 → Los Angeles