Distance from Karachi to Kinshasa
The great-circle distance between Karachi, Pakistan and Kinshasa, DR Congo is 6,456 km (4,011 mi · 3,486 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,456 km · 4,011 mi · 3,486 nmi
- Initial bearing Karachi → Kinshasa
- 247° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → Karachi
- 57° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 15 min
- Time zones
- Karachi UTC+05:00 · Kinshasa UTC+01:00 (-4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 207 min — the sun rises earlier in Karachi
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
- Karachi
- 24.8608, 67.0104
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:22 UTC / 13:29 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.