Kathmandu to Pokhara distance
Kathmandu to Pokhara is 200 km by road, about 2 hr 55 min of driving. In a straight line the two cities are 142 km apart, with Pokhara lying to the WNW of Kathmandu.
By road
200 km
124 mi
Driving time
2 hr 55 min
Free-flow estimate
Straight-line
142 km
Great-circle (exact)
Direction
WNW
Bearing 293°
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
Pokhara
Kaski district, Gandaki Province, Nepal's tourism capital by Phewa Lake.
28.2096°N, 83.9856°E
Kathmandu to Pokhara, answered
How far is Kathmandu from Pokhara?+
Kathmandu to Pokhara is about 200 km by road. In a straight line (great-circle) the two cities are 142 km apart; Nepal's hills and river valleys account for the difference.
In which direction is Pokhara from Kathmandu?+
Pokhara lies roughly to the WNW of Kathmandu (initial bearing 293°).
How long does it take to drive from Kathmandu to Pokhara?+
About 2 hr 55 min of free-flow driving for the 200 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.