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Elbasan · Albania

Car hire and driving in Elbasan

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

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In Albania traffic drives on the right. Picking up at TIA means 45 km (28 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648800 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648801.

Drives from Elbasan

Car rental from Elbasan: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Elbasan to TiranaAlbania33 km (20 mi)about 30 min
Elbasan to DurrësAlbania58 km (36 mi)about 53 min
Elbasan to VlorëAlbania87 km (54 mi)about 1 h 20 min
Elbasan to SkopjeNorth Macedonia149 km (93 mi)about 2 h 17 min
Elbasan to PodgoricaMontenegro163 km (101 mi)about 2 h 29 min
Elbasan to ThessaloníkiGreece245 km (153 mi)about 3 h 45 min
Elbasan to TarantoItaly249 km (155 mi)about 3 h 48 min
Elbasan to LárisaGreece258 km (160 mi)about 3 h 56 min
Elbasan to BariItaly269 km (167 mi)about 4 h 6 min
Elbasan to NišSerbia288 km (179 mi)about 4 h 24 min
Elbasan to ČačakSerbia310 km (193 mi)about 4 h 44 min
Elbasan to MostarBosnia and Herzegovina311 km (193 mi)about 4 h 44 min
Elbasan to IstanbulTurkey743 km (462 mi)about 11 h 20 min
Elbasan to AnkaraTurkey1,087 km (675 mi)about 16 h 34 min
Elbasan to BerlinGermany1,365 km (848 mi)about 20 h 49 min
Elbasan to BursaTurkey764 km (475 mi)about 11 h 39 min
Elbasan to KyivUkraine1,315 km (817 mi)about 20 h 3 min
Elbasan to İzmirTurkey673 km (418 mi)about 10 h 16 min
Elbasan to RomeItaly636 km (395 mi)about 9 h 42 min
Elbasan to GaziantepTurkey1,557 km (967 mi)about 23 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 Elbasan?

The right, as everywhere in Albania.

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.