Janakpur to Pokhara distance
Janakpur to Pokhara is 366 km by road, about 4 hr 40 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 254 km apart, with Pokhara lying to the NW of Janakpur.
By road
366 km
227 mi
Driving time
4 hr 40 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
254 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
NW
Bearing 311°
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.
Janakpur
Dhanusha district, Madhesh Province, the holy city of Mithila and the Janaki temple.
26.7271°N, 85.9407°E
Pokhara
Kaski district, Gandaki Province, Nepal's tourism capital by Phewa Lake.
28.2096°N, 83.9856°E
Janakpur to Pokhara, answered
How far is Janakpur from Pokhara?+
Janakpur to Pokhara is about 366 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 254 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Pokhara from Janakpur?+
Pokhara lies roughly to the NW of Janakpur (initial bearing 311°).
How long does it take to drive from Janakpur to Pokhara?+
About 4 hr 40 min of free-flow driving for the 366 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.