Distance from Kinshasa to London
Kinshasa (DR Congo) and London (United Kingdom) are 6,380 km apart — that's 3,964 miles or 3,445 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,380 km · 3,964 mi · 3,445 nmi
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → London
- 349° (NNW)
- Initial bearing London → Kinshasa
- 162° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 10 min
- Time zones
- Kinshasa UTC+01:00 · London UTC+01:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 31 min — the sun rises later 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
- 05:07 UTC / 17:04 UTC
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:35 UTC / 19:39 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.