Dharan to Janakpur distance
Dharan to Janakpur is 209 km by road, about 2 hr 35 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 133 km apart, with Janakpur lying to the W of Dharan.
By road
209 km
130 mi
Driving time
2 hr 35 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
133 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
W
Bearing 266°
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.
Dharan
Sunsari district, Koshi Province, a hill-edge city of eastern Nepal.
26.8147°N, 87.2790°E
Janakpur
Dhanusha district, Madhesh Province, the holy city of Mithila and the Janaki temple.
26.7271°N, 85.9407°E
Dharan to Janakpur, answered
How far is Dharan from Janakpur?+
Dharan to Janakpur is about 209 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 133 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Janakpur from Dharan?+
Janakpur lies roughly to the W of Dharan (initial bearing 266°).
How long does it take to drive from Dharan to Janakpur?+
About 2 hr 35 min of free-flow driving for the 209 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.