Distance from Hanoi to Kinshasa
Hanoi (Vietnam) and Kinshasa (DR Congo) are 10,235 km apart — that's 6,360 miles or 5,526 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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
- 331 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
- 23:03 UTC / 10:19 UTC
- Kinshasa
- -4.3276, 15.3136
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:35 UTC / 16:52 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.