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Heidelberg · Germany

Car hire and driving in Heidelberg

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 FRA means 69 km (43 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 Heidelberg

Car rental from Heidelberg: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Heidelberg to HeilbronnGermany49 km (30 mi)about 44 min
Heidelberg to KarlsruheGermany49 km (30 mi)about 45 min
Heidelberg to DarmstadtGermany52 km (32 mi)about 47 min
Heidelberg to PforzheimGermany58 km (36 mi)about 53 min
Heidelberg to MainzGermany70 km (44 mi)about 1 h 4 min
Heidelberg to OffenbachGermany77 km (48 mi)about 1 h 11 min
Heidelberg to StuttgartGermany78 km (48 mi)about 1 h 11 min
Heidelberg to Frankfurt am MainGermany79 km (49 mi)about 1 h 12 min
Heidelberg to WiesbadenGermany82 km (51 mi)about 1 h 15 min
Heidelberg to WürzburgGermany100 km (62 mi)about 1 h 32 min
Heidelberg to ReutlingenGermany109 km (67 mi)about 1 h 39 min
Heidelberg to StrasbourgFrance115 km (71 mi)about 1 h 45 min
Heidelberg to LondonUnited Kingdom666 km (414 mi)about 10 h 9 min
Heidelberg to BerlinGermany479 km (297 mi)about 7 h 18 min
Heidelberg to MadridSpain1,394 km (866 mi)about 21 h 15 min
Heidelberg to KyivUkraine1,561 km (970 mi)about 23 h 49 min
Heidelberg to RomeItaly887 km (551 mi)about 13 h 31 min
Heidelberg to ParisFrance465 km (289 mi)about 7 h 6 min
Heidelberg to HamburgGermany469 km (292 mi)about 7 h 10 min
Heidelberg to BucharestRomania1,430 km (888 mi)about 21 h 48 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 Heidelberg?

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
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  • 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.