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Car hire and driving in Nancy

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

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In France traffic drives on the right. Picking up at ETZ means 33 km (21 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648842 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648843.

Drives from Nancy

Car rental from Nancy: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Nancy to MetzFrance48 km (30 mi)about 44 min
Nancy to SaarbrückenGermany86 km (53 mi)about 1 h 18 min
Nancy to LuxembourgLuxembourg103 km (64 mi)about 1 h 34 min
Nancy to StrasbourgFrance115 km (72 mi)about 1 h 45 min
Nancy to TrierGermany124 km (77 mi)about 1 h 53 min
Nancy to MulhouseFrance134 km (83 mi)about 2 h 3 min
Nancy to FreiburgGermany145 km (90 mi)about 2 h 13 min
Nancy to BesançonFrance160 km (99 mi)about 2 h 27 min
Nancy to BaselSwitzerland162 km (101 mi)about 2 h 28 min
Nancy to KarlsruheGermany166 km (103 mi)about 2 h 32 min
Nancy to ReimsFrance170 km (106 mi)about 2 h 36 min
Nancy to DijonFrance176 km (109 mi)about 2 h 41 min
Nancy to LondonUnited Kingdom549 km (341 mi)about 8 h 22 min
Nancy to BerlinGermany665 km (413 mi)about 10 h 8 min
Nancy to MadridSpain1,206 km (749 mi)about 18 h 23 min
Nancy to KyivUkraine1,758 km (1,092 mi)about 26 h 49 min
Nancy to RomeItaly902 km (561 mi)about 13 h 46 min
Nancy to ParisFrance282 km (175 mi)about 4 h 18 min
Nancy to HamburgGermany603 km (374 mi)about 9 h 11 min
Nancy to BucharestRomania1,590 km (988 mi)about 24 h 14 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 Nancy?

The right, as everywhere in France.

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.