Biratnagar to Butwal distance
Biratnagar to Butwal is 511 km by road, about 6 hr 39 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 403 km apart, with Butwal lying to the WNW of Biratnagar.
By road
511 km
318 mi
Driving time
6 hr 39 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
403 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
WNW
Bearing 291°
The dashed line is the exact great-circle (straight-line) path, actual roads wind through Nepal’s terrain, which is why the road distance is longer.
Biratnagar
Morang district, Koshi Province, the industrial city of eastern Nepal.
26.4525°N, 87.2718°E
Butwal
Rupandehi district, Lumbini Province, a fast-growing western Terai hub near Lumbini.
27.7006°N, 83.4484°E
Biratnagar to Butwal, answered
How far is Biratnagar from Butwal?+
Biratnagar to Butwal is about 511 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 403 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Butwal from Biratnagar?+
Butwal lies roughly to the WNW of Biratnagar (initial bearing 291°).
How long does it take to drive from Biratnagar to Butwal?+
About 6 hr 39 min of free-flow driving for the 511 km route. Allow longer in practice: bus journeys add rest stops, and traffic, road works and monsoon damage regularly stretch the trip. Domestic flights connect some of these cities far faster.
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Sources & data note
The straight-line (as-the-crow-flies) distance is computed with the haversine formula on WGS84 coordinates and is exact. The road distance and driving time are routed over OpenStreetMap's Nepal road network with OSRM, which returns the shortest drivable path. On some hill corridors that differs from the highway buses normally take, and real journey times run longer than the free-flow estimate because of traffic, road works and rest stops.