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Car hire and driving in Ooty

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

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In India traffic drives on the left. Picking up at CJB means 57 km (35 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648793 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648794.

Drives from Ooty

Car rental from Ooty: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Ooty to CoimbatoreIndia54 km (34 mi)about 50 min
Ooty to KurichchiIndia59 km (37 mi)about 54 min
Ooty to PalakkadIndia71 km (44 mi)about 1 h 5 min
Ooty to MalappuramIndia79 km (49 mi)about 1 h 12 min
Ooty to TiruppurIndia79 km (49 mi)about 1 h 12 min
Ooty to MysuruIndia99 km (61 mi)about 1 h 30 min
Ooty to KozhikodeIndia101 km (63 mi)about 1 h 33 min
Ooty to PonnāniIndia111 km (69 mi)about 1 h 41 min
Ooty to KumarapalayamIndia111 km (69 mi)about 1 h 41 min
Ooty to ThrissurIndia113 km (70 mi)about 1 h 43 min
Ooty to ErodeIndia113 km (70 mi)about 1 h 43 min
Ooty to MandyaIndia125 km (78 mi)about 1 h 55 min
Ooty to MumbaiIndia945 km (587 mi)about 14 h 24 min
Ooty to BengaluruIndia199 km (124 mi)about 3 h 2 min
Ooty to HyderabadIndia690 km (429 mi)about 10 h 32 min
Ooty to AhmedabadIndia1,363 km (847 mi)about 20 h 47 min
Ooty to ChennaiIndia432 km (268 mi)about 6 h 35 min
Ooty to KolkataIndia1,752 km (1,089 mi)about 26 h 43 min
Ooty to SuratIndia1,163 km (723 mi)about 17 h 44 min
Ooty to PuneIndia847 km (526 mi)about 12 h 55 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 Ooty?

The left, as everywhere in India.

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.