Butwal to Dharan distance
Butwal to Dharan is 517 km by road, about 6 hr 38 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 391 km apart, with Dharan lying to the ESE of Butwal.
By road
517 km
321 mi
Driving time
6 hr 38 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
391 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
ESE
Bearing 104°
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.
Butwal
Rupandehi district, Lumbini Province, a fast-growing western Terai hub near Lumbini.
27.7006°N, 83.4484°E
Dharan
Sunsari district, Koshi Province, a hill-edge city of eastern Nepal.
26.8147°N, 87.2790°E
Butwal to Dharan, answered
How far is Butwal from Dharan?+
Butwal to Dharan is about 517 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 391 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Dharan from Butwal?+
Dharan lies roughly to the ESE of Butwal (initial bearing 104°).
How long does it take to drive from Butwal to Dharan?+
About 6 hr 38 min of free-flow driving for the 517 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.