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Duisburg · Germany

Car hire and driving in Duisburg

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 DUS means 16 km (10 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 Duisburg

Car rental from Duisburg: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Duisburg to NeussGermany27 km (17 mi)about 24 min
Duisburg to BochumGermany32 km (20 mi)about 29 min
Duisburg to WuppertalGermany33 km (21 mi)about 30 min
Duisburg to HerneGermany34 km (21 mi)about 31 min
Duisburg to MönchengladbachGermany36 km (22 mi)about 32 min
Duisburg to RecklinghausenGermany36 km (22 mi)about 33 min
Duisburg to SolingenGermany36 km (23 mi)about 33 min
Duisburg to RemscheidGermany41 km (25 mi)about 37 min
Duisburg to VenloThe Netherlands42 km (26 mi)about 38 min
Duisburg to LeverkusenGermany47 km (29 mi)about 43 min
Duisburg to DortmundGermany49 km (31 mi)about 45 min
Duisburg to HagenGermany50 km (31 mi)about 45 min
Duisburg to LondonUnited Kingdom477 km (297 mi)about 7 h 17 min
Duisburg to Saint PetersburgRussia1,739 km (1,080 mi)about 26 h 31 min
Duisburg to BerlinGermany471 km (293 mi)about 7 h 11 min
Duisburg to MadridSpain1,465 km (910 mi)about 22 h 21 min
Duisburg to KyivUkraine1,661 km (1,032 mi)about 25 h 20 min
Duisburg to RomeItaly1,147 km (713 mi)about 17 h 30 min
Duisburg to ParisFrance426 km (264 mi)about 6 h 29 min
Duisburg to HamburgGermany321 km (200 mi)about 4 h 54 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 Duisburg?

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.