Car hire and driving in Helsingborg
Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.
In Sweden traffic drives on the right. Picking up at CPH means 48 km (30 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257.
Drives from Helsingborg
| Route | Country | Distance | Estimated time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helsingborg to Copenhagen | Denmark | 42 km (26 mi) | about 38 min |
| Helsingborg to Malmö | Sweden | 53 km (33 mi) | about 48 min |
| Helsingborg to Århus | Denmark | 154 km (96 mi) | about 2 h 21 min |
| Helsingborg to Odense | Denmark | 162 km (100 mi) | about 2 h 28 min |
| Helsingborg to Gothenburg | Sweden | 190 km (118 mi) | about 2 h 54 min |
| Helsingborg to Aalborg | Denmark | 203 km (126 mi) | about 3 h 6 min |
| Helsingborg to Jönköping | Sweden | 212 km (132 mi) | about 3 h 14 min |
| Helsingborg to Rostock | Germany | 221 km (137 mi) | about 3 h 22 min |
| Helsingborg to Kiel | Germany | 251 km (156 mi) | about 3 h 50 min |
| Helsingborg to Lübeck | Germany | 274 km (170 mi) | about 4 h 11 min |
| Helsingborg to Koszalin | Poland | 302 km (188 mi) | about 4 h 36 min |
| Helsingborg to Szczecin | Poland | 315 km (195 mi) | about 4 h 48 min |
| Helsingborg to Moscow | Russia | 1,546 km (960 mi) | about 23 h 34 min |
| Helsingborg to London | United Kingdom | 980 km (609 mi) | about 14 h 56 min |
| Helsingborg to Saint Petersburg | Russia | 1,121 km (696 mi) | about 17 h 5 min |
| Helsingborg to Berlin | Germany | 394 km (245 mi) | about 6 h 1 min |
| Helsingborg to Kyiv | Ukraine | 1,334 km (829 mi) | about 20 h 21 min |
| Helsingborg to Paris | France | 1,061 km (660 mi) | about 16 h 11 min |
| Helsingborg to Hamburg | Germany | 327 km (203 mi) | about 4 h 59 min |
| Helsingborg to Bucharest | Romania | 1,600 km (994 mi) | about 24 h 24 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 Helsingborg?
The right, as everywhere in Sweden.
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.