Distance from Kinshasa to Shenzhen
The great-circle distance between Kinshasa, DR Congo and Shenzhen, China is 11,090 km (6,891 mi · 5,988 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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
- 428 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
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:02 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.