Birgunj to Dharan distance
Birgunj to Dharan is 317 km by road, about 4 hr of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 239 km apart, with Dharan lying to the E of Birgunj.
By road
317 km
197 mi
Driving time
4 hr
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
239 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
E
Bearing 95°
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
Dharan
Sunsari district, Koshi Province, a hill-edge city of eastern Nepal.
26.8147°N, 87.2790°E
Birgunj to Dharan, answered
How far is Birgunj from Dharan?+
Birgunj to Dharan is about 317 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 239 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Dharan from Birgunj?+
Dharan lies roughly to the E of Birgunj (initial bearing 95°).
How long does it take to drive from Birgunj to Dharan?+
About 4 hr of free-flow driving for the 317 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.