Biratnagar to Dharan distance
Biratnagar to Dharan is 42 km by road, about 41 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 40 km apart, with Dharan lying to the N of Biratnagar.
By road
42 km
26 mi
Driving time
41 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
40 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
N
Bearing 1°
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
Dharan
Sunsari district, Koshi Province, a hill-edge city of eastern Nepal.
26.8147°N, 87.2790°E
Biratnagar to Dharan, answered
How far is Biratnagar from Dharan?+
Biratnagar to Dharan is about 42 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 40 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Dharan from Biratnagar?+
Dharan lies roughly to the N of Biratnagar (initial bearing 1°).
How long does it take to drive from Biratnagar to Dharan?+
About 41 min of free-flow driving for the 42 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.