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Pātan · Nepal

Car hire and driving in Pātan

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

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In Nepal traffic drives on the left. Picking up at KTM means 5 km (3 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648793 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648794 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648798.

Drives from Pātan

Car rental from Pātan: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Pātan to HetaudaNepal39 km (24 mi)about 36 min
Pātan to BirgañjNepal85 km (53 mi)about 1 h 18 min
Pātan to BharatpurNepal86 km (54 mi)about 1 h 19 min
Pātan to MothīhāriIndia121 km (75 mi)about 1 h 51 min
Pātan to JanakpurNepal122 km (76 mi)about 1 h 51 min
Pātan to BettiahIndia126 km (78 mi)about 1 h 55 min
Pātan to BagahaIndia137 km (85 mi)about 2 h 5 min
Pātan to PokharaNepal148 km (92 mi)about 2 h 15 min
Pātan to LahānNepal157 km (98 mi)about 2 h 24 min
Pātan to MuzaffarpurIndia173 km (107 mi)about 2 h 38 min
Pātan to KushinagarIndia175 km (109 mi)about 2 h 40 min
Pātan to DarbhangaIndia179 km (111 mi)about 2 h 44 min
Pātan to MumbaiIndia1,587 km (986 mi)about 24 h 12 min
Pātan to DelhiIndia800 km (497 mi)about 12 h 12 min
Pātan to DhakaBangladesh674 km (419 mi)about 10 h 17 min
Pātan to HyderabadIndia1,343 km (835 mi)about 20 h 29 min
Pātan to AhmedabadIndia1,378 km (857 mi)about 21 h 1 min
Pātan to KolkataIndia646 km (401 mi)about 9 h 51 min
Pātan to SuratIndia1,453 km (903 mi)about 22 h 10 min
Pātan to ChattogramBangladesh885 km (550 mi)about 13 h 30 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 Pātan?

The left, as everywhere in Nepal.

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.