Distance from Dhaka to Kinshasa
The great-circle distance between Dhaka, Bangladesh and Kinshasa, DR Congo is 8,695 km (5,403 mi · 4,695 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,695 km · 5,403 mi · 4,695 nmi
- Initial bearing Dhaka → Kinshasa
- 260° (W)
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → Dhaka
- 65° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 53 min
- Time zones
- Dhaka UTC+06:00 · Kinshasa UTC+01:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 301 min — the sun rises earlier in Dhaka
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
- Dhaka
- 23.7104, 90.4074
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:48 UTC / 11:56 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.