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Kangding · China

Car hire and driving in Kangding

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

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In China traffic drives on the right. Picking up at KGT means 26 km (16 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648823 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648851 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2807090.

Drives from Kangding

Car rental from Kangding: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Kangding to Ya'anChina100 km (62 mi)about 1 h 32 min
Kangding to MeishanChina181 km (113 mi)about 2 h 46 min
Kangding to LeshanChina181 km (113 mi)about 2 h 46 min
Kangding to ChengduChina216 km (134 mi)about 3 h 17 min
Kangding to XichangChina236 km (147 mi)about 3 h 36 min
Kangding to ZiyangChina259 km (161 mi)about 3 h 57 min
Kangding to DeyangChina264 km (164 mi)about 4 h 1 min
Kangding to ZigongChina282 km (175 mi)about 4 h 18 min
Kangding to ShuifuChina282 km (175 mi)about 4 h 18 min
Kangding to LuojiangChina284 km (176 mi)about 4 h 19 min
Kangding to YibinChina294 km (183 mi)about 4 h 29 min
Kangding to NeijiangChina303 km (188 mi)about 4 h 37 min
Kangding to ChongqingChina447 km (278 mi)about 6 h 49 min
Kangding to BeijingChina1,712 km (1,064 mi)about 26 h 7 min
Kangding to GuangzhouChina1,358 km (844 mi)about 20 h 43 min
Kangding to ShenzhenChina1,463 km (909 mi)about 22 h 19 min
Kangding to TianjinChina1,721 km (1,069 mi)about 26 h 15 min
Kangding to WuhanChina1,183 km (735 mi)about 18 h 3 min
Kangding to Xi’anChina809 km (503 mi)about 12 h 20 min
Kangding to HangzhouChina1,749 km (1,087 mi)about 26 h 40 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 Kangding?

The right, as everywhere in China.

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.