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Dresden · Germany

Car hire and driving in Dresden

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 DRS means 9 km (6 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 Dresden

Car rental from Dresden: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Dresden to ChemnitzGermany62 km (38 mi)about 56 min
Dresden to LiberecCzechia98 km (61 mi)about 1 h 29 min
Dresden to LeipzigGermany101 km (62 mi)about 1 h 32 min
Dresden to PragueCzechia117 km (73 mi)about 1 h 47 min
Dresden to GeraGermany118 km (73 mi)about 1 h 48 min
Dresden to Halle (Saale)Germany131 km (82 mi)about 2 h
Dresden to PilsenCzechia147 km (91 mi)about 2 h 15 min
Dresden to JenaGermany151 km (94 mi)about 2 h 18 min
Dresden to PotsdamGermany157 km (97 mi)about 2 h 24 min
Dresden to Zielona GóraPoland157 km (98 mi)about 2 h 24 min
Dresden to BerlinGermany165 km (103 mi)about 2 h 31 min
Dresden to LegnicaPoland170 km (106 mi)about 2 h 36 min
Dresden to IstanbulTurkey1,614 km (1,003 mi)about 24 h 37 min
Dresden to MoscowRussia1,657 km (1,030 mi)about 25 h 17 min
Dresden to LondonUnited Kingdom964 km (599 mi)about 14 h 42 min
Dresden to Saint PetersburgRussia1,430 km (889 mi)about 21 h 49 min
Dresden to MadridSpain1,789 km (1,112 mi)about 27 h 17 min
Dresden to BursaTurkey1,690 km (1,050 mi)about 25 h 46 min
Dresden to KyivUkraine1,180 km (733 mi)about 18 h
Dresden to İzmirTurkey1,754 km (1,090 mi)about 26 h 44 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 Dresden?

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 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel 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.