Distance from Kinshasa to São Paulo
The great-circle distance between Kinshasa, DR Congo and São Paulo, Brazil is 6,962 km (4,326 mi · 3,759 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,962 km · 4,326 mi · 3,759 nmi
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → São Paulo
- 246° (WSW)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Kinshasa
- 82° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 51 min
- Time zones
- Kinshasa UTC+01:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 223 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
- 04:35 UTC / 16:52 UTC
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:18 UTC / 21:25 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.