Birgunj to Nepalgunj distance
Birgunj to Nepalgunj is 490 km by road, about 6 hr 5 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 342 km apart, with Nepalgunj lying to the WNW of Birgunj.
By road
490 km
304 mi
Driving time
6 hr 5 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
342 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
WNW
Bearing 290°
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
Nepalgunj
Banke district, Lumbini Province, the commercial hub of the mid- and far-west.
28.0500°N, 81.6167°E
Birgunj to Nepalgunj, answered
How far is Birgunj from Nepalgunj?+
Birgunj to Nepalgunj is about 490 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 342 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Nepalgunj from Birgunj?+
Nepalgunj lies roughly to the WNW of Birgunj (initial bearing 290°).
How long does it take to drive from Birgunj to Nepalgunj?+
About 6 hr 5 min of free-flow driving for the 490 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.