Dharan to Kathmandu distance
Dharan to Kathmandu is 384 km by road, about 4 hr 41 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 218 km apart, with Kathmandu lying to the WNW of Dharan.
By road
384 km
239 mi
Driving time
4 hr 41 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
218 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
WNW
Bearing 298°
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
Kathmandu
Kathmandu district, Bagmati Province, the federal capital and largest city.
27.7172°N, 85.3240°E
Dharan to Kathmandu, answered
How far is Dharan from Kathmandu?+
Dharan to Kathmandu is about 384 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 218 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Kathmandu from Dharan?+
Kathmandu lies roughly to the WNW of Dharan (initial bearing 298°).
How long does it take to drive from Dharan to Kathmandu?+
About 4 hr 41 min of free-flow driving for the 384 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.