Birgunj to Dhangadhi distance
Birgunj to Dhangadhi is 642 km by road, about 8 hr of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 462 km apart, with Dhangadhi lying to the WNW of Birgunj.
By road
642 km
399 mi
Driving time
8 hr
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
462 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
WNW
Bearing 295°
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.
Birgunj
Parsa district, Madhesh Province, Nepal's busiest trade gateway to India.
27.0104°N, 84.8821°E
Dhangadhi
Kailali district, Sudurpashchim Province, the largest city of the far-western Terai.
28.6961°N, 80.5915°E
Birgunj to Dhangadhi, answered
How far is Birgunj from Dhangadhi?+
Birgunj to Dhangadhi is about 642 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 462 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Dhangadhi from Birgunj?+
Dhangadhi lies roughly to the WNW of Birgunj (initial bearing 295°).
How long does it take to drive from Birgunj to Dhangadhi?+
About 8 hr of free-flow driving for the 642 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.