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Peshawar · Pakistan

Car hire and driving in Peshawar

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

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In Pakistan traffic drives on the left. Picking up at PEW means 6 km (4 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648869 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648895 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7314973.

Drives from Peshawar

Car rental from Peshawar: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Peshawar to MardanPakistan48 km (30 mi)about 44 min
Peshawar to KohatPakistan49 km (30 mi)about 45 min
Peshawar to TordherPakistan65 km (41 mi)about 1 h
Peshawar to Attock CityPakistan77 km (48 mi)about 1 h 10 min
Peshawar to MingoraPakistan112 km (70 mi)about 1 h 42 min
Peshawar to IslamabadPakistan139 km (86 mi)about 2 h 7 min
Peshawar to RawalpindiPakistan143 km (89 mi)about 2 h 11 min
Peshawar to BannuPakistan145 km (90 mi)about 2 h 13 min
Peshawar to AbbottabadPakistan151 km (94 mi)about 2 h 18 min
Peshawar to BattagramPakistan152 km (95 mi)about 2 h 19 min
Peshawar to MianwaliPakistan159 km (99 mi)about 2 h 26 min
Peshawar to ChakwalPakistan168 km (105 mi)about 2 h 34 min
Peshawar to LahorePakistan376 km (234 mi)about 5 h 44 min
Peshawar to KarachiPakistan1,109 km (689 mi)about 16 h 55 min
Peshawar to FaisalabadPakistan321 km (199 mi)about 4 h 54 min
Peshawar to GujranwalaPakistan319 km (198 mi)about 4 h 51 min
Peshawar to MultanPakistan424 km (263 mi)about 6 h 28 min
Peshawar to HyderabadPakistan1,006 km (625 mi)about 15 h 21 min
Peshawar to QuettaPakistan605 km (376 mi)about 9 h 14 min
Peshawar to SargodhaPakistan237 km (147 mi)about 3 h 37 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 Peshawar?

The left, as everywhere in Pakistan.

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.