Distance from Kinshasa to Tianjin
The great-circle distance between Kinshasa, DR Congo and Tianjin, China is 11,333 km (7,042 mi · 6,120 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,333 km · 7,042 mi · 6,120 nmi
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → Tianjin
- 51° (NE)
- Initial bearing Tianjin → Kinshasa
- 274° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 00 min
- Time zones
- Kinshasa UTC+01:00 · Tianjin UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 469 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
- Tianjin
- 39.1422, 117.1767
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:18 UTC / 11:17 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.