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Paderborn · Germany

Car hire and driving in Paderborn

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 PAD means 15 km (9 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 Paderborn

Car rental from Paderborn: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Paderborn to BielefeldGermany38 km (24 mi)about 35 min
Paderborn to HammGermany64 km (40 mi)about 59 min
Paderborn to KasselGermany68 km (42 mi)about 1 h 2 min
Paderborn to OsnabrückGermany78 km (49 mi)about 1 h 12 min
Paderborn to MünsterGermany82 km (51 mi)about 1 h 15 min
Paderborn to GöttingenGermany84 km (52 mi)about 1 h 17 min
Paderborn to DortmundGermany92 km (57 mi)about 1 h 24 min
Paderborn to HildesheimGermany95 km (59 mi)about 1 h 27 min
Paderborn to HagenGermany97 km (60 mi)about 1 h 29 min
Paderborn to HannoverGermany99 km (61 mi)about 1 h 30 min
Paderborn to SiegenGermany107 km (66 mi)about 1 h 38 min
Paderborn to HerneGermany107 km (67 mi)about 1 h 38 min
Paderborn to LondonUnited Kingdom613 km (381 mi)about 9 h 21 min
Paderborn to Saint PetersburgRussia1,616 km (1,004 mi)about 24 h 38 min
Paderborn to BerlinGermany330 km (205 mi)about 5 h 2 min
Paderborn to MadridSpain1,577 km (980 mi)about 24 h 3 min
Paderborn to KyivUkraine1,521 km (945 mi)about 23 h 12 min
Paderborn to RomeItaly1,129 km (702 mi)about 17 h 13 min
Paderborn to ParisFrance555 km (345 mi)about 8 h 28 min
Paderborn to HamburgGermany220 km (137 mi)about 3 h 21 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 Paderborn?

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.