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Mannheim · Germany

Car hire and driving in Mannheim

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 FRA means 60 km (37 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 Mannheim

Car rental from Mannheim: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Mannheim to DarmstadtGermany45 km (28 mi)about 41 min
Mannheim to KarlsruheGermany54 km (33 mi)about 49 min
Mannheim to MainzGermany56 km (35 mi)about 52 min
Mannheim to HeilbronnGermany67 km (42 mi)about 1 h 1 min
Mannheim to WiesbadenGermany68 km (42 mi)about 1 h 2 min
Mannheim to PforzheimGermany69 km (43 mi)about 1 h 3 min
Mannheim to OffenbachGermany71 km (44 mi)about 1 h 5 min
Mannheim to Frankfurt am MainGermany71 km (44 mi)about 1 h 5 min
Mannheim to StuttgartGermany94 km (58 mi)about 1 h 26 min
Mannheim to SaarbrückenGermany109 km (68 mi)about 1 h 40 min
Mannheim to WürzburgGermany112 km (70 mi)about 1 h 43 min
Mannheim to StrasbourgFrance114 km (71 mi)about 1 h 44 min
Mannheim to LondonUnited Kingdom647 km (402 mi)about 9 h 52 min
Mannheim to BerlinGermany483 km (300 mi)about 7 h 22 min
Mannheim to MadridSpain1,388 km (862 mi)about 21 h 10 min
Mannheim to KyivUkraine1,575 km (979 mi)about 24 h 1 min
Mannheim to RomeItaly901 km (560 mi)about 13 h 44 min
Mannheim to ParisFrance450 km (280 mi)about 6 h 52 min
Mannheim to HamburgGermany464 km (288 mi)about 7 h 4 min
Mannheim to BucharestRomania1,448 km (899 mi)about 22 h 5 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 Mannheim?

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.