Butwal to Nepalgunj distance
Butwal to Nepalgunj is 252 km by road, about 2 hr 59 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 184 km apart, with Nepalgunj lying to the WNW of Butwal.
By road
252 km
157 mi
Driving time
2 hr 59 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
184 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
WNW
Bearing 283°
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
Nepalgunj
Banke district, Lumbini Province, the commercial hub of the mid- and far-west.
28.0500°N, 81.6167°E
Butwal to Nepalgunj, answered
How far is Butwal from Nepalgunj?+
Butwal to Nepalgunj is about 252 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 184 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Nepalgunj from Butwal?+
Nepalgunj lies roughly to the WNW of Butwal (initial bearing 283°).
How long does it take to drive from Butwal to Nepalgunj?+
About 2 hr 59 min of free-flow driving for the 252 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.