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Manchester · United States

Car hire and driving in Manchester

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

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In United States traffic drives on the right. Picking up at BOS means 79 km (49 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q533806.

Drives from Manchester

Car rental from Manchester: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Manchester to LowellUnited States42 km (26 mi)about 34 min
Manchester to CambridgeUnited States75 km (46 mi)about 1 h 1 min
Manchester to BostonUnited States78 km (48 mi)about 1 h 3 min
Manchester to WorcesterUnited States86 km (54 mi)about 1 h 10 min
Manchester to ProvidenceUnited States130 km (81 mi)about 1 h 46 min
Manchester to SpringfieldUnited States136 km (85 mi)about 1 h 51 min
Manchester to New BedfordUnited States157 km (98 mi)about 2 h 8 min
Manchester to HartfordUnited States170 km (106 mi)about 2 h 18 min
Manchester to AlbanyUnited States192 km (119 mi)about 2 h 36 min
Manchester to WaterburyUnited States207 km (129 mi)about 2 h 48 min
Manchester to New HavenUnited States224 km (139 mi)about 3 h 2 min
Manchester to BridgeportUnited States248 km (154 mi)about 3 h 21 min
Manchester to New York CityUnited States330 km (205 mi)about 4 h 28 min
Manchester to TorontoCanada647 km (402 mi)about 8 h 46 min
Manchester to BrooklynUnited States333 km (207 mi)about 4 h 31 min
Manchester to ChicagoUnited States1,333 km (829 mi)about 18 h 4 min
Manchester to QueensUnited States324 km (201 mi)about 4 h 24 min
Manchester to MontréalCanada327 km (203 mi)about 4 h 26 min
Manchester to PhiladelphiaUnited States458 km (285 mi)about 6 h 13 min
Manchester to ManhattanUnited States322 km (200 mi)about 4 h 22 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 Manchester?

The right, as everywhere in United States.

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.