City comparison
Coral Gables, FL is about 2,300 miles (3,800 km) from Los Angeles, CA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,900 miles, or about 49 hours (about 5 days at 10 h/day) behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Coral Gables, FL to Los Angeles, CA takes about 4 h 41 min, covering roughly 2,300 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Coral Gables, FL is on Eastern Time and Los Angeles, CA is on Pacific Time — a 3-hour difference. When it's noon in Coral Gables, it's 9 a.m. in Los Angeles, which puts Coral Gables 3 hours ahead.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Los Angeles has a population of 3,881,041, vs 49,696 in Coral Gables — about 78.1× larger by population. By land area, Los Angeles covers about 470 sq mi vs 13 sq mi for Coral Gables.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Coral Gables | Los Angeles | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,954/mo | $1,791/mo | 9.1% higher in Coral Gables |
| Median home value | $952,000 | $822,600 | 15.7% higher in Coral Gables |
| Median household income | $118,203 | $76,244 | 55.0% higher in Coral Gables |
| Groceries index | 103.1 | 106.4 | 3.2% higher in Los Angeles |
| Utilities index | 97.0 | 151.7 | 56.4% higher in Los Angeles |
| Transportation index | 108.3 | 104.0 | 4.2% higher in Coral Gables |
| Healthcare index | 107.8 | 104.3 | 3.3% higher in Coral Gables |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Coral Gables, you'd need $107,434 in Los Angeles to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Coral Gables, FL is about 6.9% cheaper overall than Los Angeles, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 8% higher in Los Angeles than in Coral Gables. If you earn $80,000 in Coral Gables, you'd need about $85,947 in Los Angeles to keep the same standard of living.