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Oberhausen · Germany

Car hire and driving in Oberhausen

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 DUS means 22 km (14 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 Oberhausen

Car rental from Oberhausen: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Oberhausen to HerneGermany26 km (16 mi)about 24 min
Oberhausen to KrefeldGermany27 km (17 mi)about 24 min
Oberhausen to RecklinghausenGermany28 km (17 mi)about 25 min
Oberhausen to DüsseldorfGermany29 km (18 mi)about 26 min
Oberhausen to WuppertalGermany32 km (20 mi)about 29 min
Oberhausen to NeussGermany33 km (21 mi)about 31 min
Oberhausen to SolingenGermany37 km (23 mi)about 34 min
Oberhausen to RemscheidGermany40 km (25 mi)about 37 min
Oberhausen to DortmundGermany42 km (26 mi)about 38 min
Oberhausen to MönchengladbachGermany44 km (27 mi)about 40 min
Oberhausen to HagenGermany44 km (27 mi)about 40 min
Oberhausen to VenloThe Netherlands50 km (31 mi)about 45 min
Oberhausen to LondonUnited Kingdom484 km (301 mi)about 7 h 23 min
Oberhausen to Saint PetersburgRussia1,730 km (1,075 mi)about 26 h 23 min
Oberhausen to BerlinGermany463 km (288 mi)about 7 h 4 min
Oberhausen to MadridSpain1,473 km (915 mi)about 22 h 28 min
Oberhausen to KyivUkraine1,654 km (1,028 mi)about 25 h 13 min
Oberhausen to RomeItaly1,149 km (714 mi)about 17 h 31 min
Oberhausen to ParisFrance434 km (270 mi)about 6 h 37 min
Oberhausen to HamburgGermany313 km (194 mi)about 4 h 46 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 Oberhausen?

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 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel 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.