Distance from Kinshasa to Tehran
The great-circle distance between Kinshasa, DR Congo and Tehran, Iran is 5,826 km (3,620 mi · 3,146 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,826 km · 3,620 mi · 3,146 nmi
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → Tehran
- 37° (NE)
- Initial bearing Tehran → Kinshasa
- 228° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 31 min
- Time zones
- Kinshasa UTC+01:00 · Tehran UTC+03:30 (+2.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 145 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
- Tehran
- 35.6944, 51.4215
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:23 UTC / 14:32 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.