Distance from Kinshasa to Shenzhen
Kinshasa (DR Congo) and Shenzhen (China) are 11,090 km apart — that's 6,891 miles or 5,988 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,090 km · 6,891 mi · 5,988 nmi
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → Shenzhen
- 68° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Kinshasa
- 269° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 42 min
- Time zones
- Kinshasa UTC+01:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 395 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
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:13 UTC / 10:21 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.