Birgunj to Janakpur distance
Birgunj to Janakpur is 159 km by road, about 2 hr 7 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 110 km apart, with Janakpur lying to the ESE of Birgunj.
By road
159 km
99 mi
Driving time
2 hr 7 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
110 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
ESE
Bearing 106°
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
Janakpur
Dhanusha district, Madhesh Province, the holy city of Mithila and the Janaki temple.
26.7271°N, 85.9407°E
Birgunj to Janakpur, answered
How far is Birgunj from Janakpur?+
Birgunj to Janakpur is about 159 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 110 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Janakpur from Birgunj?+
Janakpur lies roughly to the ESE of Birgunj (initial bearing 106°).
How long does it take to drive from Birgunj to Janakpur?+
About 2 hr 7 min of free-flow driving for the 159 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.