Birgunj to Kathmandu distance
Birgunj to Kathmandu is 139 km by road, about 2 hr 16 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 90 km apart, with Kathmandu lying to the NNE of Birgunj.
By road
139 km
86 mi
Driving time
2 hr 16 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
90 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
NNE
Bearing 29°
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
Kathmandu
Kathmandu district, Bagmati Province, the federal capital and largest city.
27.7172°N, 85.3240°E
Birgunj to Kathmandu, answered
How far is Birgunj from Kathmandu?+
Birgunj to Kathmandu is about 139 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 90 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Kathmandu from Birgunj?+
Kathmandu lies roughly to the NNE of Birgunj (initial bearing 29°).
How long does it take to drive from Birgunj to Kathmandu?+
About 2 hr 16 min of free-flow driving for the 139 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.