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Aachen · Germany

Car hire and driving in Aachen

Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.

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In Germany traffic drives on the right. Picking up at MST means 27 km (17 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648823.

Drives from Aachen

Car rental from Aachen: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Aachen to MaastrichtThe Netherlands29 km (18 mi)about 26 min
Aachen to LiègeBelgium40 km (25 mi)about 36 min
Aachen to MönchengladbachGermany52 km (32 mi)about 48 min
Aachen to NeussGermany63 km (39 mi)about 58 min
Aachen to KölnGermany63 km (39 mi)about 58 min
Aachen to VenloThe Netherlands66 km (41 mi)about 1 h 1 min
Aachen to LeverkusenGermany69 km (43 mi)about 1 h 3 min
Aachen to DüsseldorfGermany70 km (43 mi)about 1 h 4 min
Aachen to KrefeldGermany70 km (44 mi)about 1 h 4 min
Aachen to BonnGermany71 km (44 mi)about 1 h 5 min
Aachen to Bergisch GladbachGermany77 km (48 mi)about 1 h 11 min
Aachen to SolingenGermany83 km (51 mi)about 1 h 16 min
Aachen to LondonUnited Kingdom441 km (274 mi)about 6 h 43 min
Aachen to BerlinGermany541 km (336 mi)about 8 h 15 min
Aachen to MadridSpain1,378 km (856 mi)about 21 h 1 min
Aachen to KyivUkraine1,717 km (1,067 mi)about 26 h 11 min
Aachen to RomeItaly1,103 km (686 mi)about 16 h 50 min
Aachen to ParisFrance343 km (213 mi)about 5 h 14 min
Aachen to HamburgGermany408 km (253 mi)about 6 h 13 min
Aachen to BucharestRomania1,652 km (1,026 mi)about 25 h 11 min

Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.

Where to compare car hire

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Common questions

Which side of the road do they drive on in Aachen?

The right, as everywhere in Germany.

How are the journey times on this page worked out?

From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.

Where these facts come from

  • GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
  • Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
  • OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
  • Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines

Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.