Distance from Kinshasa to Moscow
The great-circle distance between Kinshasa, DR Congo and Moscow, Russia is 6,985 km (4,340 mi · 3,772 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,985 km · 4,340 mi · 3,772 nmi
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → Moscow
- 14° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Moscow → Kinshasa
- 205° (SSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 53 min
- Time zones
- Kinshasa UTC+01:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 92 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
- 04:49 UTC / 16:55 UTC
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:17 UTC / 15:29 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.