Butwal to Pokhara distance
Butwal to Pokhara is 159 km by road, about 2 hr 2 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 77 km apart, with Pokhara lying to the NE of Butwal.
By road
159 km
99 mi
Driving time
2 hr 2 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
77 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
NE
Bearing 43°
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
Pokhara
Kaski district, Gandaki Province, Nepal's tourism capital by Phewa Lake.
28.2096°N, 83.9856°E
Butwal to Pokhara, answered
How far is Butwal from Pokhara?+
Butwal to Pokhara is about 159 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 77 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Pokhara from Butwal?+
Pokhara lies roughly to the NE of Butwal (initial bearing 43°).
How long does it take to drive from Butwal to Pokhara?+
About 2 hr 2 min of free-flow driving for the 159 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.