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Gelsenkirchen · Germany

Car hire and driving in Gelsenkirchen

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 33 km (21 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 Gelsenkirchen

Car rental from Gelsenkirchen: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Gelsenkirchen to DortmundGermany26 km (16 mi)about 23 min
Gelsenkirchen to WuppertalGermany28 km (17 mi)about 26 min
Gelsenkirchen to HagenGermany31 km (19 mi)about 28 min
Gelsenkirchen to MoersGermany33 km (20 mi)about 30 min
Gelsenkirchen to RemscheidGermany37 km (23 mi)about 34 min
Gelsenkirchen to SolingenGermany37 km (23 mi)about 34 min
Gelsenkirchen to DüsseldorfGermany38 km (24 mi)about 35 min
Gelsenkirchen to KrefeldGermany42 km (26 mi)about 38 min
Gelsenkirchen to NeussGermany45 km (28 mi)about 41 min
Gelsenkirchen to LeverkusenGermany53 km (33 mi)about 49 min
Gelsenkirchen to HammGermany54 km (33 mi)about 49 min
Gelsenkirchen to MönchengladbachGermany58 km (36 mi)about 53 min
Gelsenkirchen to LondonUnited Kingdom500 km (310 mi)about 7 h 37 min
Gelsenkirchen to Saint PetersburgRussia1,716 km (1,066 mi)about 26 h 10 min
Gelsenkirchen to BerlinGermany447 km (277 mi)about 6 h 49 min
Gelsenkirchen to MadridSpain1,486 km (923 mi)about 22 h 39 min
Gelsenkirchen to KyivUkraine1,637 km (1,017 mi)about 24 h 58 min
Gelsenkirchen to RomeItaly1,145 km (712 mi)about 17 h 28 min
Gelsenkirchen to ParisFrance448 km (279 mi)about 6 h 50 min
Gelsenkirchen to HamburgGermany300 km (187 mi)about 4 h 35 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 Gelsenkirchen?

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.