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Lahān · Nepal

Car hire and driving in Lahān

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

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In Nepal traffic drives on the left. Picking up at JKR means 56 km (35 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648793 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648794 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648798.

Drives from Lahān

Car rental from Lahān: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Lahān to JanakpurNepal55 km (34 mi)about 51 min
Lahān to DharānNepal80 km (50 mi)about 1 h 13 min
Lahān to BiratnagarNepal84 km (52 mi)about 1 h 17 min
Lahān to DarbhangaIndia86 km (53 mi)about 1 h 19 min
Lahān to SaharsaIndia95 km (59 mi)about 1 h 27 min
Lahān to MuzaffarpurIndia127 km (79 mi)about 1 h 57 min
Lahān to PurniaIndia144 km (89 mi)about 2 h 12 min
Lahān to BegusaraiIndia149 km (93 mi)about 2 h 16 min
Lahān to MungerIndia150 km (93 mi)about 2 h 17 min
Lahān to Madhyapur ThimiNepal152 km (95 mi)about 2 h 19 min
Lahān to MothīhāriIndia156 km (97 mi)about 2 h 23 min
Lahān to JamālpurIndia157 km (97 mi)about 2 h 23 min
Lahān to MumbaiIndia1,630 km (1,013 mi)about 24 h 52 min
Lahān to DelhiIndia936 km (581 mi)about 14 h 16 min
Lahān to DhakaBangladesh518 km (322 mi)about 7 h 54 min
Lahān to BengaluruIndia1,788 km (1,111 mi)about 27 h 16 min
Lahān to HyderabadIndia1,326 km (824 mi)about 20 h 14 min
Lahān to AhmedabadIndia1,460 km (907 mi)about 22 h 16 min
Lahān to ChennaiIndia1,648 km (1,024 mi)about 25 h 8 min
Lahān to KolkataIndia500 km (311 mi)about 7 h 37 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 Lahān?

The left, as everywhere in Nepal.

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.