Distance from Johannesburg to Kinshasa
The great-circle distance between Johannesburg, South Africa and Kinshasa, DR Congo is 2,784 km (1,730 mi · 1,503 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,784 km · 1,730 mi · 1,503 nmi
- Initial bearing Johannesburg → Kinshasa
- 329° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → Johannesburg
- 152° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 56 min
- Time zones
- Johannesburg UTC+02:00 · Kinshasa UTC+01:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 23 min — the sun rises earlier in Johannesburg
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
- Johannesburg
- -26.2023, 28.0436
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:43 UTC / 15:45 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.