Biratnagar to Nepalgunj distance
Biratnagar to Nepalgunj is 783 km by road, about 9 hr 20 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 586 km apart, with Nepalgunj lying to the WNW of Biratnagar.
By road
783 km
487 mi
Driving time
9 hr 20 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
586 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
WNW
Bearing 289°
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
Nepalgunj
Banke district, Lumbini Province, the commercial hub of the mid- and far-west.
28.0500°N, 81.6167°E
Biratnagar to Nepalgunj, answered
How far is Biratnagar from Nepalgunj?+
Biratnagar to Nepalgunj is about 783 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 586 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Nepalgunj from Biratnagar?+
Nepalgunj lies roughly to the WNW of Biratnagar (initial bearing 289°).
How long does it take to drive from Biratnagar to Nepalgunj?+
About 9 hr 20 min of free-flow driving for the 783 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.