Distance from Jakarta to Kinshasa
Jakarta (Indonesia) and Kinshasa (DR Congo) are 10,124 km apart — that's 6,291 miles or 5,467 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,124 km · 6,291 mi · 5,467 nmi
- Initial bearing Jakarta → Kinshasa
- 266° (W)
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → Jakarta
- 96° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 34 min
- Time zones
- Jakarta UTC+07:00 · Kinshasa UTC+01:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 366 min — the sun rises earlier in Jakarta
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
- Jakarta
- -6.2146, 106.8451
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:43 UTC / 10:49 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.