Distance from Baghdad to Kinshasa
The great-circle distance between Baghdad, Iraq and Kinshasa, DR Congo is 5,187 km (3,223 mi · 2,801 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,187 km · 3,223 mi · 2,801 nmi
- Initial bearing Baghdad → Kinshasa
- 222° (SW)
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → Baghdad
- 34° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 46 min
- Time zones
- Baghdad UTC+03:00 · Kinshasa UTC+01:00 (-2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 117 min — the sun rises earlier in Baghdad
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Baghdad
- 33.3406, 44.4009
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:52 UTC / 15:00 UTC
- Kinshasa
- -4.3276, 15.3136
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:49 UTC / 16:55 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.