Distance from San Francisco to Los Angeles

The distance between San Francisco, Mexico and Los Angeles, United States is 2,602 kilometers (1,617 miles).

San Francisco, Puebla, Mexico

Los Angeles, California, United States

From San Francisco to Los Angeles, the straight-line distance is 2,602 kilometers, heading northwest. San Francisco is situated at an altitude of 2,013 meters above sea level, while Los Angeles is at 96 meters.

Travel time

Mode Estimated time
Bicycle 8-10 days
Motorcycle 3-4 days
Car 2-3 days
Airplane 4-5 hours
Speed Time
50 km/h
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150 km/h
San Francisco, Mexico

Local time:

Time Zone: America/Mexico_City

Coordinates: 19.7772° N 97.3281° W

Elevation: 2,013 m (6,604 ft)

Nearby airports:
  • El Lencero Airport (JAL)
  • El Tajín National Airport (PAZ)
  • Hermanos Serdán International Airport (PBC)
  • General Heriberto Jara International Airport (VER)
  • Tehuacán Airport (TCN)
Los Angeles, United States

Local time:

Time Zone: America/Los_Angeles

Coordinates: 34.0522° N 118.2437° W

Elevation: 96 m (315 ft)

Nearby airports:
  • Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR)
  • Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
  • Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO)
  • San Gabriel Valley Airport (EMT)
  • Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)

Other distances from San Francisco

Distance between cities Kilometers
From San Francisco to Mexico City 193 km
From San Francisco to Tijuana 2,413 km
From San Francisco to Iztapalapa 188 km
From San Francisco to Puebla 123 km
From San Francisco to Ciudad Juárez 1,608 km

Other distances from Los Angeles

Distances between cities Kilometers
From Los Angeles to New York City 3,944 km
From Los Angeles to Chicago 2,807 km
From Los Angeles to Houston 2,211 km
From Los Angeles to Phoenix 575 km
From Los Angeles to Philadelphia 3,852 km

Cities within similar distances

The following list contains cities that are at equal or similar distances as between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

From To Distance (kilometers)
Cairo, Egypt Warsaw, Poland 2,602 km
Chengdu, China Delhi, India 2,601 km
San Pedro Sula, Honduras Barcelona, Venezuela 2,600 km
Chengdu, China New Delhi, India 2,604 km
Santiago, Chile Guarulhos, Brazil 2,600 km
Moscow, Russia Liverpool, United Kingdom 2,600 km
Valencia, Venezuela Mérida, Mexico 2,605 km
Manaus, Brazil Campinas, Brazil 2,599 km
Cancún, Mexico Colorado Springs, United States 2,605 km
La Paz, Bolivia Mar del Plata, Argentina 2,599 km
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Tulsa, United States 2,598 km
Istanbul, Turkey Leicester, United Kingdom 2,606 km
San Pedro Sula, Honduras El Paso, United States 2,597 km
Las Vegas, United States Louisville, United States 2,607 km
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico Fresno, United States 2,597 km
Havana, Cuba Montréal, Canada 2,607 km
Istanbul, Turkey Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom 2,597 km
Guayaquil, Ecuador Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic 2,597 km
Helsinki, Finland Barcelona, Spain 2,607 km
Arequipa, Peru Bucaramanga, Colombia 2,608 km

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