# Los Angeles, USA → São Paulo, Brazil RTT

🇺🇸 **Los Angeles, USA (LAX)** → 🇧🇷 **São Paulo, Brazil (GRU)**

Measurement round: `2026-08-16T04:07:28Z`.

The 2026-08-16T04:07:28Z measurement round for the Los Angeles, USA to São Paulo, Brazil route returned an average ICMP echo RTT of 131.3 ms across 50 samples, with a minimum of 125.74 ms and a maximum of 147.12 ms. No packets were lost, and the 5.03 ms jitter is moderate for such a long intercontinental path.

This route ranked seventh among the 19 routes measured from this origin in the same cycle. Its relative variability is about 3.8%, close to the 3.28% median across the route set; the 4.94 ms standard deviation shows the latency is reasonably consistent despite the distance.

São Paulo is South America's internet capital, and Los Angeles is a primary US West Coast landing point for trans-Pacific cables. The 9,894.5 km geodesic distance has a fiber floor of 96.89 ms; the observed 131.3 ms average is only 1.36x the floor, a fiber efficiency of 73.8%, which points to a route operating close to its physical limit.

## Latency Summary

| Metric               | Value                                                        |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| RTT                  | **131.3 ms**                                                 |
| Jitter               | **5.03 ms**                                                  |
| Packet Loss          | **0%**                                                       |
| Standard Fiber Floor | **96.89 ms**                                                 |
| Fiber Efficiency     | **73.8%**                                                    |
| Latency Tier         | Good                                                         |
| Source Region        | [North America](/docs/network/latency/regions/north-america) |
| Destination Region   | [South America](/docs/network/latency/regions/south-america) |

## Ping Measurement Series

The chart below renders the 50-sample ICMP echo measurement round for this route; an accessible table of every sample is included with the chart.

## Download This Route's Data

This route's measurement round is published as open data (CC BY 4.0) in CSV, JSON, and YAML. See [About This Measurement](#about-this-measurement) for citation guidance.

## Theoretical Fiber Latency

The public physical reference uses the GeoNames city centres for [Los Angeles](https://www.geonames.org/5368361) (34.05223, -118.24368) and [São Paulo](https://www.geonames.org/3448439) (-23.54750, -46.63611). It does not disclose either facility address.

| Physical Reference                            | Value          |
| --------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| WGS-84 geodesic distance                      | **9,894.5 km** |
| Vacuum RTT floor                              | **66.01 ms**   |
| Standard fiber RTT floor ($n_g=1.4679$)       | **96.89 ms**   |
| Low-latency fiber material floor              | **96.51 ms**   |
| Engineering floor (5% path allowance)         | **101.75 ms**  |
| Research 1.33× mapped-fiber reference         | **128.87 ms**  |
| Estimated unamplified path loss               | **2077.8 dB**  |
| Transparent optical spans / inline amplifiers | **130 / 129**  |
| Published RTT inflation over fiber floor      | **1.36×**      |

Attenuation is used to estimate the number of 80 km optical spans; it does not directly slow light. See the full [theoretical fiber latency, GeoNames, attenuation, and amplifier methodology](/docs/network/latency/theoretical-fiber-latency).

## Stability & Trend

The current measurement round (2026-08-16T04:07:28Z) collected 50 ICMP echo samples on this route. Distribution statistics from that round:

| Round Statistic    | Value         |
| ------------------ | ------------- |
| Minimum RTT        | **125.74 ms** |
| Average RTT        | **131.3 ms**  |
| Maximum RTT        | **147.12 ms** |
| Standard deviation | **4.94 ms**   |
| Stdev / average    | **3.8%**      |

## Route Context

* Departure PoP: [Los Angeles (LAX)](/docs/network/latency/lax-los-angeles)
* Destination PoP: [São Paulo (GRU)](/docs/network/latency/gru-sao-paulo)
* Region overview: [North America](/docs/network/latency/regions/north-america) → [South America](/docs/network/latency/regions/south-america)
* Corridor overview: [North America to South America](/docs/network/latency/regions/north-america-to-south-america)
* Full global matrix: [Backbone Latency Matrix](/docs/network/latency)
* Physical methodology: [Theoretical Fiber Latency](/docs/network/latency/theoretical-fiber-latency)

## Related City-Pair Routes

**Reverse direction**

* [São Paulo to Los Angeles latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/gru-lax-rtt) — 130.8 ms

**Fastest routes departing Los Angeles (LAX)**

* [Los Angeles to Seattle latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/lax-sea-rtt) — 26.9 ms
* [Los Angeles to Miami latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/lax-mia-rtt) — 57.3 ms
* [Los Angeles to New York latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/lax-nyc-rtt) — 57.9 ms
* [Los Angeles to Ashburn latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/lax-iad-rtt) — 60.4 ms
* [Los Angeles to Tokyo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/lax-tyo-rtt) — 101.2 ms

**Fastest routes arriving at São Paulo (GRU)**

* [Ashburn to São Paulo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/iad-gru-rtt) — 101.4 ms
* [New York to São Paulo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/nyc-gru-rtt) — 106.9 ms
* [Miami to São Paulo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mia-gru-rtt) — 128.7 ms
* [Seattle to São Paulo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/sea-gru-rtt) — 155.7 ms
* [London to São Paulo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/lon-gru-rtt) — 170.7 ms

## About This Measurement

Published RTT reflects best-case backbone path behavior measured with ICMP echo probes between PoPs. End-user latency also depends on local access networks, congestion, routing policy, and traffic engineering. None of these values is an SLA.

The measurement round behind this page is published as open data under **CC BY 4.0** in the [Hats Network latency dataset](/opendata/latency/). Per-pair files are available at `/opendata/latency/latest/pairs/lax-gru.pings.{csv,json,yaml}`. When citing, include the route, the measurement round timestamp, and the dataset version — for example: "Hats Network latency dataset, Los Angeles → São Paulo round 2026-08-16T04:07:28Z, CC BY 4.0".

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*Data auto-generated on August 16, 2026. Explore the [full interactive latency matrix](/docs/network/latency) or browse more [city-pair routes](/docs/network/latency/pairs).*

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