Biratnagar to Janakpur distance
Biratnagar to Janakpur is 185 km by road, about 2 hr 22 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 136 km apart, with Janakpur lying to the WNW of Biratnagar.
By road
185 km
115 mi
Driving time
2 hr 22 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
136 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
WNW
Bearing 283°
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
Janakpur
Dhanusha district, Madhesh Province, the holy city of Mithila and the Janaki temple.
26.7271°N, 85.9407°E
Biratnagar to Janakpur, answered
How far is Biratnagar from Janakpur?+
Biratnagar to Janakpur is about 185 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 136 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Janakpur from Biratnagar?+
Janakpur lies roughly to the WNW of Biratnagar (initial bearing 283°).
How long does it take to drive from Biratnagar to Janakpur?+
About 2 hr 22 min of free-flow driving for the 185 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.