Los Angeles to Hong Kong ping and RTT: 146.1 ms, 3.03 ms jitter, 114.3 ms fiber floor, and 78.2% efficiency across AS203314. Updated 2026-08-09.

🇺🇸 This page compares the published ping and round-trip time (RTT) from Los Angeles (LAX) to 🇭🇰 Hong Kong (HKG) with vacuum and optical-fiber physical limits.

As of August 9, 2026, the Los Angeles → Hong Kong route on Hats Network averages 146.1 ms RTT across a 50-sample daily ICMP echo measurement round (source: GSL), 1.28× the theoretical fiber-floor limit of 114.3 ms.

Among the 19 measured routes departing Los Angeles, this route ranks 15th fastest by average RTT.

With a stdev-to-average ratio of 2.2%, this route is more stable than the network median of 3.4%. Across the round, per-probe RTT ranged from 142.56 ms to 160.69 ms with a standard deviation of 3.27 ms.

Latency Summary

Metric	Value
RTT	146.1 ms
Jitter	3.03 ms
Packet Loss	0%
Standard Fiber Floor	114.3 ms
Fiber Efficiency	78.2%
Latency Tier	Good
Source Region	North America
Destination Region	Asia Pacific

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.

Ping series: LAX → HKG

50 ICMP echo samples at 100 ms intervals · round 2026-08-09 · avg 146.1 ± 0.46 ms (SE)

Sample distribution: box = interquartile range (143.8–146.9 ms), median 145.7 ms · whiskers = min–max · diamond = round average · each dot is one measured sample.

How to read this chart

The shaded band spans the measured minimum to maximum RTT of all samples collected up to that point, and the thin line traces the running average. The final position therefore matches the round statistics exactly — the band only widens when a new extreme sample arrives.

The dashed line is the round average, and the shaded band at the bottom is the theoretical fiber-optic floor (114.3 ms) for this route.

Full 50-sample dataset

Seq	Offset (ms)	RTT (ms)
1	0	150.48
2	100	145.30
3	200	160.69
4	300	149.53
5	400	146.79
6	500	146.73
7	600	144.46
8	700	144.61
9	800	144.74
10	900	144.85
11	1000	143.56
12	1100	148.63
13	1200	146.87
14	1300	143.90
15	1400	144.08
16	1500	142.56
17	1600	144.73
18	1700	142.81
19	1800	147.98
20	1900	147.33
21	2000	143.66
22	2100	143.10
23	2200	147.10
24	2300	153.65
25	2400	147.71
26	2500	146.81
27	2600	143.40
28	2700	146.77
29	2800	143.79
30	2900	145.75
31	3000	143.12
32	3100	142.56
33	3200	151.88
34	3300	145.74
35	3400	152.49
36	3500	146.66
37	3600	143.62
38	3700	146.19
39	3800	143.62
40	3900	143.00
41	4000	146.39
42	4100	143.74
43	4200	144.45
44	4300	146.56
45	4400	145.76
46	4500	146.01
47	4600	146.00
48	4700	147.04
49	4800	144.91
50	4900	142.89

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 for citation guidance.

Download this dataset

Per-route ICMP ping series, released under CC BY 4.0. Uncompressed plain text — no decompression step needed.

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Theoretical Fiber Latency

The public physical reference uses the GeoNames city centres for Los Angeles (34.05223, -118.24368) and Hong Kong (22.27832, 114.17469). It does not disclose either facility address.

Physical Reference	Value
WGS-84 geodesic distance	11,671.5 km
Vacuum RTT floor	77.86 ms
Standard fiber RTT floor ( $n_g=1.4679$ )	114.3 ms
Low-latency fiber material floor	113.84 ms
Engineering floor (5% path allowance)	120.03 ms
Research 1.33× mapped-fiber reference	152.01 ms
Estimated unamplified path loss	2451 dB
Transparent optical spans / inline amplifiers	154 / 153
Published RTT inflation over fiber floor	1.28×

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.

Stability & Trend

The current measurement round (2026-08-09) collected 50 ICMP echo samples on this route. Distribution statistics from that round:

Round Statistic	Value
Minimum RTT	142.56 ms
Average RTT	146.1 ms
Maximum RTT	160.69 ms
Standard deviation	3.27 ms
Stdev / average	2.2%

RTT trend

Estimated route stability across the selected time window.

Average: 146.1 ms
Minimum: 144.6 ms
Maximum: 147.5 ms
Average loss: 0.01%

Route Context

Departure PoP: Los Angeles (LAX)
Destination PoP: Hong Kong (HKG)
Region overview: North America → Asia Pacific
Corridor overview: North America to Asia Pacific
Full global matrix: Backbone Latency Matrix
Physical methodology: Theoretical Fiber Latency

Reverse direction

Hong Kong to Los Angeles latency and RTT — 146.5 ms

Fastest routes departing Los Angeles (LAX)

Los Angeles to Seattle latency and RTT — 27 ms
Los Angeles to Miami latency and RTT — 57.5 ms
Los Angeles to New York latency and RTT — 59 ms
Los Angeles to Ashburn latency and RTT — 59.2 ms
Los Angeles to Tokyo latency and RTT — 100.8 ms

Fastest routes arriving at Hong Kong (HKG)

Taipei to Hong Kong latency and RTT — 14.7 ms
Singapore to Hong Kong latency and RTT — 31.1 ms
Tokyo to Hong Kong latency and RTT — 46.5 ms
Moscow to Hong Kong latency and RTT — 122.1 ms
Melbourne to Hong Kong latency and RTT — 126.1 ms

Same corridor (North America → Asia Pacific)

Seattle to Tokyo latency and RTT — 84.6 ms
Seattle to Taipei latency and RTT — 117.1 ms
Seattle to Hong Kong latency and RTT — 131.1 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. Per-pair files are available at /opendata/latency/latest/pairs/lax-hkg.pings.{csv,json,yaml}. When citing, include the route, the measurement round date, and the dataset version — for example: "Hats Network latency dataset, Los Angeles → Hong Kong round 2026-08-09, CC BY 4.0".

Data auto-generated on August 9, 2026. Explore the full interactive latency matrix or browse more city-pair routes.

Los Angeles to Hong Kong Latency, Ping & RTT | AS203314