How far is it from Kinshasa to Bissau?

The distance between Kinshasa and Bissau is 3960 mi by road.

How long does it take to drive from Kinshasa to Bissau?

The drive from Kinshasa to Bissau takes approximately 88 h 25 min by car.

What is the best route from Kinshasa to Bissau?

The fastest route from Kinshasa to Bissau covers 3960 mi with a driving time of approximately 88 h 25 min.

Which direction is Bissau from Kinshasa?

Bissau lies roughly to the north-west of Kinshasa.

Which roads does the route from Kinshasa to Bissau follow?

The drive from Kinshasa to Bissau mainly follows RN 2, N2, N5. The longest single stretch is 487 mi on RN 2.

Which towns do you pass between Kinshasa and Bissau?

Towns on the route from Kinshasa to Bissau include Mbouda, Lagos, Abidjan.

Democratic Republic of the Congo Guinea-Bissau

Distance: 3960 miDuration: 88 h 25 min

Driving from Kinshasa to Bissau takes about 88 h 25 min via RN 2. The distance is 3960 mi. The straight-line distance is 2403 mi. Driving directions

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1 Depart left 1 mi
2 Turn left 1 mi
3 Turn right 54 yd
4 Turn left onto Avenue de l’Aérodrome 1 mi
5 Continue straight onto Avenue de la Funa 1 mi
6 Turn sharp left onto Avenue Kasa-Vubu 1 mi
7 Take ramp right 40 yd
8 Merge slightly left onto Boulevard Triomphal 2 mi
9 At end of road, turn left onto Avenue de la Libération 1 mi
10 Enter rotary slightly right 27 yd
11 Exit rotary straight 3 yd
12 Exit rotary slightly right onto Avenue de la Libération 6 mi
13 Keep slightly left onto Avenue de la Libération 103 yd

14 Merge slightly right onto Route de Matadi 3 mi
15 Keep slightly right onto Route de Matadi 10 mi
16 Continue straight 1 mi
17 Turn straight 54 mi
18 Turn right 1 mi
19 Turn slightly right 96 yd
20 Turn slightly left 9 mi
21 Turn left 7 mi
22 Turn left 2 mi
23 Turn sharp right 8 mi
24 At end of road, turn right 14 mi
25 Turn left 2 mi
26 Keep slightly right 15 mi
27 At end of road, turn right 9 mi
28 Turn slightly left 4 mi
29 Continue straight onto Bac Mpioka 1 mi
30 Continue straight 3 mi
31 Turn right 29 mi
32 Turn right 1 mi
33 Turn slightly left 1 mi
34 Keep slightly left 1 mi
35 Turn slightly right 10 mi
36 Keep slightly left 26 mi
37 At roundabout, take exit right onto Avenue Brazzaville 2 mi
38 Continue straight 31 mi
39 Continue straight onto Avenue Kinkala 4 mi
40 Continue straight onto Route du Djoué 3 mi
41 Continue straight onto Avenue de l'OUA 2 mi
42 Enter roundabout straight onto Avenue de l'OUA 32 yd
43 Exit roundabout straight onto Avenue de l'OUA 3 mi
44 Enter rotary right onto Boulevard Denis Sassou-Nguesso 137 yd
45 Exit rotary straight onto Boulevard Denis Sassou-Nguesso 1 mi
46 Continue slightly left onto Boulevard Denis Sassou-Nguesso 1 mi
47 Enter rotary right onto Boulevard Alfred Raôul 45 yd
48 Exit rotary right onto Boulevard Alfred Raôul 1 mi
49 Continue straight onto Avenue des Trois Martyrs 1 mi
50 Enter roundabout slightly right onto Avenue des Trois Martyrs 26 yd
51 Exit roundabout right onto Avenue des Trois Martyrs 2 mi
52 Enter roundabout slightly right onto Avenue des Trois Martyrs 10 yd
53 Exit roundabout slightly right onto Avenue des Trois Martyrs 2 mi
54 Enter roundabout slightly right onto Avenue des Trois Martyrs 15 yd
55 Exit roundabout slightly right onto Avenue des Trois Martyrs 1 mi
56 Continue straight onto Viaduc Talangaï-Kintélé 5 mi
57 Enter roundabout slightly right onto Avenue de Kintélé 43 yd
58 Exit roundabout slightly right onto Avenue de Kintélé 1 mi
59 Enter roundabout slightly right onto Avenue de Kintélé 72 yd
60 Exit roundabout slightly right onto Avenue de Kintélé 4 mi
61 Keep right 2 mi
62 Turn slightly right 3 mi
63 Enter roundabout slightly right 32 yd
64 Exit roundabout right 7 mi
65 Enter roundabout right 43 yd
66 Exit roundabout straight 8 mi
67 Enter roundabout right 81 yd
68 Exit roundabout slightly right 219 mi
69 Enter roundabout right 58 yd
70 Exit roundabout right 25 mi
71 Enter roundabout right 14 yd
72 Exit roundabout slightly right 85 mi
73 Turn right 142 mi
74 Turn left 105 mi
75 Turn slightly left 43 mi
76 Turn straight 3 mi
77 Turn slightly right 47 yd
78 Enter roundabout slightly right 31 yd
79 Exit roundabout right 44 mi
80 Enter roundabout straight 25 yd
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82 Turn slightly right 2 mi
83 Enter roundabout slightly right 60 yd
84 Exit roundabout right 1 mi
85 Turn slightly right 22 yd
86 Enter roundabout right 71 yd
87 Exit roundabout right 34 yd
88 Turn straight 1 mi
89 Continue left 98 yd
90 Turn straight 85 mi
91 Turn straight 33 mi
92 Turn straight 67 mi
93 Enter roundabout right 13 yd
94 Exit roundabout right 3 mi
95 Keep slightly right 1 mi
96 Turn straight 2 mi
97 Turn slightly right 67 mi
98 Turn right onto Mbalmayo - Ebolowa 23 mi
99 Enter roundabout slightly right 102 yd
100 Exit roundabout right 4 mi
101 Turn straight onto Rue 8.250 3 mi
102 Turn slightly right onto Yaoundé-Mbalmayo 98 yd
103 Enter rotary straight onto Rue 8.253 17 yd
104 Exit rotary straight onto Rue 8.253 2 mi
105 Enter roundabout slightly right 30 yd
106 Exit roundabout slightly right 1 mi
107 At end of road, turn right onto Avenue Max Abé Fouda 1 mi
108 Continue straight onto Boulevard de l'OUA 1 mi
109 Continue straight onto Boulevard de l' OUA 1 mi
110 Enter roundabout straight onto Boulevard de l' OUA 10 yd
111 Exit roundabout straight onto Boulevard de l' OUA 1 mi
112 Continue straight onto Boulevard de l'OCAM 1 mi
113 Continue straight onto Rue 1.001 1 mi
114 Continue straight onto Boulevard du 20 Mai 1972 148 yd
115 Enter rotary right onto Boulevard du 20 Mai 1972 1 mi
116 Exit rotary right onto Boulevard du 20 Mai 1972 1 mi
117 Enter rotary straight onto Boulevard du 20 Mai 1972 114 yd
118 Exit rotary right onto Boulevard du 20 Mai 1972 1 mi
119 Continue straight onto Rue 1.011 1 mi
120 Continue right onto Avenue Konrad Adenauer 1 mi
121 Continue straight onto Rue Albert Ateba Ebe 1 mi
122 Continue straight onto Rue Albert Ateba Ebé 1 mi
123 Enter rotary slightly right onto Rue Albert Ateba Ebé 92 yd
124 Exit rotary slightly right onto Rue Albert Ateba Ebé 1 mi
125 Continue straight onto Rue Lamido Rey Bouba Hammoa 2 mi
126 Continue straight onto Rue 5.765 1 mi
127 Continue straight onto Rue 5.767 4 mi
128 Continue straight onto Yaounde - Obala 14 mi
129 Continue straight 4 mi
130 Continue straight 2 mi
131 Turn left 2 mi
132 Turn left 11 mi
133 Continue straight 1 mi
134 Turn straight 12 mi
135 Continue straight onto Nationale 4 121 mi
136 Continue straight onto Bafoussam-Yaounde 4 mi
137 Take exit slightly right onto Bafoussam-Yaounde 1 mi
138 Merge slightly right 4 mi
139 Continue straight onto Axe Centre Climatique de Bandjoun 1 mi
140 Continue straight onto Axe Tradex 1 mi
141 Continue straight 1 mi
142 Turn straight onto Axe Centre de Visite Technique 1 mi
143 Turn straight onto Axe Bansoa Voyage 1 mi
144 Continue straight onto Axe Binam Voyage 1 mi
145 Continue straight onto Axe (CO.BIE.BAF) 1 mi
146 Turn straight onto Axe Gare Routiere 1 mi
147 Turn straight onto Axe Ecole publique de Ndiendam I 151 yd
148 Continue straight 1 mi
149 Continue straight onto Carrefour le Maire 1 mi
150 Continue straight 1 mi
151 Continue straight onto Boulevard Pachong Adolphe 1 mi
152 Enter rotary right onto Avenue du 20 Mai 15 yd
153 Exit rotary slightly right onto Avenue du 20 Mai 1 mi
154 Enter rotary right onto Avenue Wanko 60 yd
155 Exit rotary right onto Avenue Wanko 1 mi
156 Enter roundabout right 51 yd
157 Exit roundabout right 1 mi
158 Enter roundabout right onto Boulevard du Renouveau 29 yd
159 Exit roundabout right onto Boulevard du Renouveau 5 mi
160 Continue straight onto Bafoussam-Mbouda 2 mi
161 Enter rotary right onto Bafoussam-Mbouda 68 yd
162 Exit rotary right onto Bafoussam-Mbouda 11 mi
163 Turn right 1 mi
164 Continue straight 1 mi
165 Turn left 3 mi
166 At end of road, turn left 4 mi
167 Merge slightly left onto Mbouda-Bamenda 17 mi
168 Turn left 3 mi
169 Turn right 7 mi
170 Keep slightly left 1 mi
171 Turn left onto Bamenda-Mamfe 1 mi
172 Enter roundabout right onto Bamenda-Mamfe 3 yd
173 Exit roundabout slightly right onto Bamenda-Mamfe 22 mi
174 Keep slightly left onto Bamenda-Mamfe 3 mi
175 At end of road, turn left onto Bamenda-Mamfe 6 mi
176 Continue slightly left onto N6 Bamenda-Mamfe 1 mi
177 Continue slightly right onto N6 Bamenda-Mamfe 1 mi
178 Continue slightly left onto N6 Bamenda-Mamfe 2 mi
179 Continue slightly left onto Bamenda-Mamfe 24 mi
180 Continue right onto Bamenda-Mamfe 7 mi
181 Continue straight onto Route Bamenda - Mamfé 10 mi
182 Turn left 1 mi
183 At end of road, turn left onto Route Mamfé - Eyumodjock 2 mi
184 Continue slightly left 1 mi
185 Turn slightly right onto Route Mamfé - Eyumodjock 16 mi
186 Continue straight onto Route Mamfé - Eyumodjock 10 mi
187 Continue straight onto Route Eyumodjock - Ekok 10 mi
188 Enter roundabout slightly right 12 yd
189 Exit roundabout straight 2 mi
190 Continue right 1 mi
191 Enter roundabout right 41 yd
192 Exit roundabout straight 13 mi
193 Turn slightly right 143 yd
194 Turn right 33 mi
195 Turn left 14 mi
196 Enter roundabout straight 41 yd
197 Exit roundabout straight 86 mi
198 Keep slightly right onto Abakaliki Road 2 mi
199 Turn right onto Enugu Onitsha Express Road 11 mi
200 Continue straight 53 mi
201 Enter roundabout straight 1 mi
202 Exit roundabout straight 81 mi
203 Take exit slightly right 1 mi
204 Merge slightly left onto Benin by pass 5 mi
205 Continue straight onto Benin City Bypass 12 mi
206 Keep slightly right 1 mi
207 Merge slightly left 152 mi
208 Take exit slightly right 1 mi
209 Merge slightly left onto Lagos-Ibadan Expressway 29 mi
210 Take exit slightly right 73 yd
211 Keep slightly right 1 mi
212 Turn slightly right onto Ikorodu Road 1 mi
213 Take ramp slightly left 46 yd
214 Merge slightly left onto Ikorodu Road 6 mi
215 Continue straight onto Western Avenue 2 mi
216 Take exit slightly right 129 yd
217 Turn straight onto Western Avenue 1 mi
218 Enter roundabout straight 27 yd
219 Exit roundabout straight 29 yd
220 Continue straight 1 mi
221 Take ramp slightly left 1 mi
222 Turn right onto Lagos Badagry Expressway 1 mi
223 Continue straight onto Lagos-Badagry Expressway 2 mi
224 Keep slightly left onto Lagos-Badagry Expressway 10 mi
225 Continue right onto Lagos-Badagry Expressway 25 mi
226 Enter roundabout slightly right 39 yd
227 Exit roundabout right 14 mi
228 Enter roundabout slightly right 33 yd
229 Exit roundabout right 1 mi
230 Enter roundabout right onto RNIE 1 ter 27 yd
231 Exit roundabout straight onto RNIE 1 ter 6 mi
232 Enter rotary straight 1 mi
233 Exit rotary straight 2 mi
234 Enter rotary straight 48 yd
235 Exit rotary slightly right 3 mi
236 Enter rotary straight 39 yd
237 Exit rotary straight 2 mi
238 Enter roundabout slightly right 50 yd
239 Exit roundabout straight 1 mi
240 Keep slightly right 2 mi
241 Enter rotary straight 46 yd
242 Exit rotary slightly right 1 mi
243 Enter roundabout right 57 yd
244 Exit roundabout slightly right 1 mi
245 Enter rotary right 57 yd
246 Exit rotary right 1 mi
247 Enter rotary slightly right 108 yd
248 Exit rotary straight 1 mi
249 Enter rotary slightly right 41 yd
250 Exit rotary straight 1 mi
251 Enter rotary right 40 yd
252 Exit rotary straight 1 mi
253 Enter rotary straight 6 yd
254 Exit rotary straight 1 mi
255 Enter roundabout straight 39 yd
256 Exit roundabout slightly right 1 mi
257 Continue straight onto Pont Martin Luther King 1 mi
258 Continue straight onto Boulevard Saint-Michel 2 mi
259 Turn right onto Rue des Missions 2 mi
260 Enter rotary right 1 mi
261 Exit rotary right 2 mi
262 Enter rotary slightly right onto Boulevard de l’Europe 39 yd
263 Exit rotary straight onto Boulevard de l’Europe 2 mi
264 Turn straight 2 mi
265 Keep slightly left onto RNIE 2 2 mi
266 Turn left 1 mi
267 Turn slightly left 3 mi
268 Turn left 2 mi
269 Turn right 31 mi
270 Enter roundabout straight 50 yd
271 Exit roundabout slightly right 6 mi
272 Turn straight 18 mi
273 Enter roundabout straight 48 yd
274 Exit roundabout right 62 yd
275 Continue straight 1 mi
276 Enter roundabout right 30 yd
277 Exit roundabout slightly right 1 mi
278 Turn straight onto Lomé - Cotonou Transafrican Highway 1 mi
279 Continue slightly left onto Lomé - Cotonou Transafrican Highway 4 mi
280 Turn straight onto Lomé - Aného National Road 17 mi
281 Continue straight onto Route Nationale Lomé - Aného 2 mi
282 Enter rotary slightly right onto Route Nationale Lomé - Aného 31 yd
283 Exit rotary straight onto Route Nationale Lomé - Aného 3 mi
284 Enter rotary right 40 yd
285 Exit rotary straight 1 mi
286 Enter roundabout right 49 yd
287 Exit roundabout right 2 mi
288 Enter rotary slightly right 74 yd
289 Exit rotary straight 1 mi
290 Enter rotary slightly right onto Boulevard du Mono 20 yd
291 Exit rotary slightly right onto Boulevard du Mono 2 mi
292 Enter roundabout right onto Boulevard du Mono 38 yd
293 Exit roundabout slightly right onto Boulevard du Mono 1 mi
294 Enter roundabout right onto Boulevard de la République 42 yd
295 Exit roundabout right onto Boulevard de la République 2 mi
296 Enter roundabout slightly right onto Boulevard de la République 48 yd
297 Exit roundabout right onto Boulevard de la République 1 mi
298 Continue straight 5 mi
299 Keep slightly right 45 mi
300 Enter roundabout right 14 yd
301 Exit roundabout slightly right 51 mi
302 Turn slightly left 60 yd
303 Keep slightly right onto Aflao Road 3 mi
304 Continue straight onto Tema Motorway Interchange Tunnel 1 mi
305 Continue straight onto Kwame Nkrumah Motorway 13 mi
306 Continue straight onto George Walker Bush Highway 8 mi
307 Take exit slightly right onto George Walker Bush Highway 1 mi
308 Keep slightly left onto George Walker Bush Highway 73 yd
309 Merge slightly left onto Winneba Road 1 mi
310 Turn slightly right 1 mi
311 Merge slightly left onto Winneba Road 6 mi
312 Keep straight onto Winneba Road 4 mi
313 Continue straight onto Accra Road 13 mi
314 Turn right 7 mi
315 At end of road, turn right 6 mi
316 Turn left 13 mi
317 Continue slightly left onto Breman Esikuma-Afransi-Swedru Main Road 13 mi
318 Continue straight onto Mankessim - Ajumako Road 13 mi
319 Enter rotary straight 52 yd
320 Exit rotary straight 67 mi
321 Turn right onto E. Akuffo Addo Road 6 mi
322 At end of road, turn right onto Kwame Nkrumah Boulevard 1 mi
323 Continue straight onto Takoradi-Elubo Highway 12 mi
324 Turn right onto Agona Bypass 3 mi
325 Turn left 69 mi
326 Continue straight 37 mi
327 Turn slightly left 45 mi
328 Enter rotary straight onto Autoroute Abidjan - Moossou 42 yd
329 Exit rotary slightly right onto Autoroute Abidjan - Moossou 11 mi
330 Enter roundabout slightly right onto Boulevard Jean-Baptiste Mockey 70 yd
331 Exit roundabout slightly right onto Boulevard Jean-Baptiste Mockey 7 mi
332 Continue straight onto Échangeur Carrefour Akwaba 1 mi
333 Continue straight onto Boulevard Félix Houphouët Boigny (FHB) 4 mi
334 Turn straight 108 yd
335 Continue straight onto Boulevard Félix Houphouët Boigny (FHB) 1 mi
336 Turn right 1 mi
337 Continue straight onto Boulevard Auguste Denise 2 mi
338 Continue straight onto Pont Général Degaulle 1 mi
339 Continue straight onto Boulevard Lagunaire 1 mi
340 Take exit slightly left 1 mi
341 Turn left onto Avenue Boa Amoakon Edjampan Tiemele 168 yd
342 Keep slightly right onto Avenue Boa Amoakon Edjampan Tiemele 1 mi
343 Continue straight onto Boulevard de la République 1 mi
344 At end of road, turn right onto Avenue Ouattara Thomas D'aquin 1 mi
345 Turn straight onto Avenue Carde 1 mi
346 Turn slightly left onto Avenue Nangui Abrogroua 1 mi
347 Turn left 3 mi
348 Take exit slightly right 1 mi
349 Enter roundabout slightly right onto Rue M2 36 yd
350 Exit roundabout right onto Rue M2 2 mi
351 Continue straight 1 mi
352 Take ramp slightly left 22 yd
353 Turn left 1 mi
354 Merge slightly left onto Autoroute du Nord 136 mi
355 Continue straight 8 mi
356 Take exit left 76 yd
357 Merge slightly right onto Route de Daloa 34 mi
358 Turn straight 2 mi
359 Continue straight 1 mi
360 Continue straight onto Bouaflé-Daloa 50 mi
361 Enter rotary straight 49 yd
362 Exit rotary right 64 mi
363 Continue straight onto Route Man-Duékoué 50 mi
364 Continue sharp left 42 mi
365 Turn slightly left 35 yd
366 Turn slightly right 2 mi
367 Keep slightly left onto Lola - Danané 4 mi
368 Continue slightly right onto Lola - Danané 4 mi
369 Continue straight onto Lola - Danané 6 mi
370 Continue slightly right onto Lola - Danané 35 mi
371 Keep slightly right 7 mi
372 At end of road, turn right onto Lola - Danané 2 mi
373 Continue straight onto N'zérékoré - Lola 25 mi
374 Enter roundabout right onto N'zérékoré centre - Dorota rond-point 39 yd
375 Exit roundabout right onto N'zérékoré centre - Dorota rond-point 2 mi
376 At end of road, turn right onto N'zérékoré-Macenta 1 mi
377 Enter roundabout straight 6 yd
378 Exit roundabout straight 1 mi
379 Enter roundabout slightly right onto N'zérékoré-Macenta 11 yd
380 Exit roundabout right onto N'zérékoré-Macenta 82 mi
381 Continue left onto N'zérékoré-Macenta 4 mi
382 Turn straight 17 mi
383 Turn right onto Route de Café 10 mi
384 Continue left onto Route de Café 20 mi
385 Continue slightly left onto Route de Café 16 mi
386 At end of road, turn right 18 mi
387 Enter roundabout straight 59 yd
388 Exit roundabout slightly right 86 mi
389 Turn slightly left 1 mi
390 Turn left 57 mi
391 Turn straight 60 mi
392 Turn right 5 mi
393 Keep slightly left 7 mi
394 Turn slightly left 24 mi
395 Turn left 1 mi
396 Turn right 21 mi
397 Turn slightly right 12 mi
398 Turn slightly right 25 mi
399 Enter roundabout straight 40 yd
400 Exit roundabout straight 94 mi
401 Enter roundabout slightly right 31 yd
402 Exit roundabout right 4 mi
403 Turn straight 56 mi
404 Turn left 26 mi
405 Continue straight 22 mi
406 Turn straight 53 mi
407 Turn left 16 mi
408 Turn right 37 mi
409 Enter roundabout straight 83 yd
410 Exit roundabout straight 30 mi
411 Enter rotary straight onto Avenida dos Combatentes da Liberdade da Pátria 1 mi
412 Exit rotary straight onto Avenida dos Combatentes da Liberdade da Pátria 4 mi
413 Turn left 1 mi
414 Arrive left

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The return trip from Bissau to Kinshasa covers roughly the same distance, 3960 mi.

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How far is it from Kinshasa to Bissau?: The distance between Kinshasa and Bissau is 3960 mi by road.
How long does it take to drive from Kinshasa to Bissau?: The drive from Kinshasa to Bissau takes approximately 88 h 25 min by car.
What is the best route from Kinshasa to Bissau?: The fastest route from Kinshasa to Bissau covers 3960 mi with a driving time of approximately 88 h 25 min.
Which direction is Bissau from Kinshasa?: Bissau lies roughly to the north-west of Kinshasa.
Which roads does the route from Kinshasa to Bissau follow?: The drive from Kinshasa to Bissau mainly follows RN 2, N2, N5. The longest single stretch is 487 mi on RN 2.
Which towns do you pass between Kinshasa and Bissau?: Towns on the route from Kinshasa to Bissau include Mbouda, Lagos, Abidjan.

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