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Kassel · Germany

Car hire and driving in Kassel

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 KSF means 14 km (9 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 Kassel

Car rental from Kassel: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Kassel to GöttingenGermany39 km (24 mi)about 35 min
Kassel to PaderbornGermany68 km (42 mi)about 1 h 2 min
Kassel to HildesheimGermany98 km (61 mi)about 1 h 29 min
Kassel to BielefeldGermany104 km (65 mi)about 1 h 35 min
Kassel to SalzgitterGermany113 km (70 mi)about 1 h 43 min
Kassel to ErfurtGermany114 km (71 mi)about 1 h 44 min
Kassel to SiegenGermany114 km (71 mi)about 1 h 44 min
Kassel to HannoverGermany118 km (73 mi)about 1 h 48 min
Kassel to HammGermany123 km (76 mi)about 1 h 53 min
Kassel to BraunschweigGermany127 km (79 mi)about 1 h 56 min
Kassel to HagenGermany141 km (88 mi)about 2 h 9 min
Kassel to DortmundGermany143 km (89 mi)about 2 h 11 min
Kassel to LondonUnited Kingdom667 km (415 mi)about 10 h 11 min
Kassel to Saint PetersburgRussia1,609 km (1,000 mi)about 24 h 33 min
Kassel to BerlinGermany300 km (186 mi)about 4 h 34 min
Kassel to MadridSpain1,581 km (982 mi)about 24 h 6 min
Kassel to KyivUkraine1,473 km (915 mi)about 22 h 28 min
Kassel to RomeItaly1,073 km (667 mi)about 16 h 22 min
Kassel to ParisFrance579 km (360 mi)about 8 h 50 min
Kassel to HamburgGermany251 km (156 mi)about 3 h 49 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 Kassel?

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 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.