Distance from Ho Chi Minh City to Kinshasa
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Kinshasa (DR Congo) are 10,241 km apart — that's 6,364 miles or 5,530 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,241 km · 6,364 mi · 5,530 nmi
- Initial bearing Ho Chi Minh City → Kinshasa
- 266° (W)
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → Ho Chi Minh City
- 79° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 42 min
- Time zones
- Ho Chi Minh City UTC+07:00 · Kinshasa UTC+01:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 383 min — the sun rises earlier in Ho Chi Minh City
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
- Ho Chi Minh City
- 10.8230, 106.6296
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:44 UTC / 11:16 UTC
- Kinshasa
- -4.3276, 15.3136
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:07 UTC / 17:04 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.