Distance from Hanoi to Kinshasa
Flying the shortest possible route, Kinshasa lies 10,235 km (6,360 miles, 5,526 nautical miles) from Hanoi — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,235 km · 6,360 mi · 5,526 nmi
- Initial bearing Hanoi → Kinshasa
- 266° (W)
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → Hanoi
- 69° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 42 min
- Time zones
- Hanoi UTC+07:00 · Kinshasa UTC+01:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 393 min — the sun rises earlier in Hanoi
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
- Hanoi
- 21.0245, 105.8412
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:34 UTC / 11:33 UTC
- Kinshasa
- -4.3276, 15.3136
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:07 UTC / 17:04 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.