Birgunj to Pokhara distance
Birgunj to Pokhara is 255 km by road, about 3 hr 13 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 160 km apart, with Pokhara lying to the NNW of Birgunj.
By road
255 km
158 mi
Driving time
3 hr 13 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
160 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
NNW
Bearing 327°
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
Pokhara
Kaski district, Gandaki Province, Nepal's tourism capital by Phewa Lake.
28.2096°N, 83.9856°E
Birgunj to Pokhara, answered
How far is Birgunj from Pokhara?+
Birgunj to Pokhara is about 255 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 160 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Pokhara from Birgunj?+
Pokhara lies roughly to the NNW of Birgunj (initial bearing 327°).
How long does it take to drive from Birgunj to Pokhara?+
About 3 hr 13 min of free-flow driving for the 255 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.