Butwal to Janakpur distance
Butwal to Janakpur is 359 km by road, about 4 hr 44 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 269 km apart, with Janakpur lying to the ESE of Butwal.
By road
359 km
223 mi
Driving time
4 hr 44 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
269 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
ESE
Bearing 113°
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
Janakpur
Dhanusha district, Madhesh Province, the holy city of Mithila and the Janaki temple.
26.7271°N, 85.9407°E
Butwal to Janakpur, answered
How far is Butwal from Janakpur?+
Butwal to Janakpur is about 359 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 269 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Janakpur from Butwal?+
Janakpur lies roughly to the ESE of Butwal (initial bearing 113°).
How long does it take to drive from Butwal to Janakpur?+
About 4 hr 44 min of free-flow driving for the 359 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.