About Matadi
Matadi is a city in Bas-Congo, DR Congo with a population of 425,662. It is the 14th largest of the 114 cities of 15,000 or more listed in DR Congo, and the 1,348th largest worldwide. It lies 265 km from Kinshasa.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 9
Elevation
183 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Kinshasa
Coordinates
-5.839, 13.463
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 114 in DR CongoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.