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Howrah · India

Car hire and driving in Howrah

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 CCU means 16 km (10 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 Howrah

Car rental from Howrah: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Howrah to UluberiyaIndia25 km (16 mi)about 23 min
Howrah to BhadreswarIndia28 km (17 mi)about 25 min
Howrah to ShyamnagarIndia29 km (18 mi)about 26 min
Howrah to ChandannagarIndia32 km (20 mi)about 29 min
Howrah to BhātpāraIndia33 km (21 mi)about 30 min
Howrah to NaihātiIndia37 km (23 mi)about 34 min
Howrah to HugliIndia38 km (23 mi)about 35 min
Howrah to HālīsaharIndia41 km (25 mi)about 37 min
Howrah to BānsbāriaIndia43 km (27 mi)about 39 min
Howrah to KānchrāpāraIndia44 km (27 mi)about 40 min
Howrah to HābraIndia45 km (28 mi)about 42 min
Howrah to Ashoknagar KalyangarhIndia46 km (28 mi)about 42 min
Howrah to MumbaiIndia1,650 km (1,025 mi)about 25 h 10 min
Howrah to DelhiIndia1,300 km (808 mi)about 19 h 49 min
Howrah to DhakaBangladesh248 km (154 mi)about 3 h 47 min
Howrah to BengaluruIndia1,558 km (968 mi)about 23 h 45 min
Howrah to HyderabadIndia1,181 km (734 mi)about 18 h
Howrah to AhmedabadIndia1,613 km (1,002 mi)about 24 h 35 min
Howrah to ChennaiIndia1,355 km (842 mi)about 20 h 40 min
Howrah to SuratIndia1,605 km (997 mi)about 24 h 28 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 Howrah?

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 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.