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Gangtok · India

Car hire and driving in Gangtok

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

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In India traffic drives on the left. Picking up at IXB means 77 km (48 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648793 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648794.

Drives from Gangtok

Car rental from Gangtok: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Gangtok to DārjilingIndia47 km (29 mi)about 43 min
Gangtok to SiliguriIndia71 km (44 mi)about 1 h 5 min
Gangtok to JalpāiguriIndia91 km (56 mi)about 1 h 23 min
Gangtok to JaigaonIndia92 km (57 mi)about 1 h 25 min
Gangtok to ThimphuBhutan103 km (64 mi)about 1 h 34 min
Gangtok to DharānNepal144 km (89 mi)about 2 h 11 min
Gangtok to KishanganjIndia151 km (94 mi)about 2 h 18 min
Gangtok to BiratnagarNepal165 km (102 mi)about 2 h 31 min
Gangtok to SaidpurBangladesh174 km (108 mi)about 2 h 40 min
Gangtok to RangpurBangladesh187 km (116 mi)about 2 h 51 min
Gangtok to DinajpurBangladesh189 km (117 mi)about 2 h 53 min
Gangtok to RāiganjIndia197 km (122 mi)about 3 h
Gangtok to DelhiIndia1,127 km (700 mi)about 17 h 11 min
Gangtok to DhakaBangladesh441 km (274 mi)about 6 h 43 min
Gangtok to HyderabadIndia1,519 km (944 mi)about 23 h 10 min
Gangtok to AhmedabadIndia1,680 km (1,044 mi)about 25 h 38 min
Gangtok to KolkataIndia530 km (329 mi)about 8 h 5 min
Gangtok to SuratIndia1,737 km (1,079 mi)about 26 h 29 min
Gangtok to ChattogramBangladesh643 km (399 mi)about 9 h 48 min
Gangtok to PuneIndia1,798 km (1,117 mi)about 27 h 25 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 Gangtok?

The left, as everywhere in India.

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.