Kathmandu to Nepalgunj distance
Kathmandu to Nepalgunj is 515 km by road, about 6 hr 47 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 366 km apart, with Nepalgunj lying to the W of Kathmandu.
By road
515 km
320 mi
Driving time
6 hr 47 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
366 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
W
Bearing 277°
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.
Kathmandu
Kathmandu district, Bagmati Province, the federal capital and largest city.
27.7172°N, 85.3240°E
Nepalgunj
Banke district, Lumbini Province, the commercial hub of the mid- and far-west.
28.0500°N, 81.6167°E
Kathmandu to Nepalgunj, answered
How far is Kathmandu from Nepalgunj?+
Kathmandu to Nepalgunj is about 515 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 366 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Nepalgunj from Kathmandu?+
Nepalgunj lies roughly to the W of Kathmandu (initial bearing 277°).
How long does it take to drive from Kathmandu to Nepalgunj?+
About 6 hr 47 min of free-flow driving for the 515 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.