Distance from Kinshasa to Lima
The great-circle distance between Kinshasa, DR Congo and Lima, Peru is 10,161 km (6,314 mi · 5,487 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,161 km · 6,314 mi · 5,487 nmi
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → Lima
- 258° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Lima → Kinshasa
- 95° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 37 min
- Time zones
- Kinshasa UTC+01:00 · Lima UTC-05:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 369 min — the sun rises earlier in Kinshasa
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
- Kinshasa
- -4.3276, 15.3136
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:49 UTC / 16:55 UTC
- Lima
- -12.0432, -77.0282
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:58 UTC / 23:05 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.