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Samandağ · Turkey

Car hire and driving in Samandağ

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

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In Turkey traffic drives on the right. Picking up at HTY means 42 km (26 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25743529.

Drives from Samandağ

Car rental from Samandağ: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Samandağ to ArsuzTurkey38 km (23 mi)about 35 min
Samandağ to İskenderunTurkey59 km (37 mi)about 54 min
Samandağ to OsmaniyeTurkey113 km (70 mi)about 1 h 44 min
Samandağ to AdanaTurkey116 km (72 mi)about 1 h 46 min
Samandağ to KilisTurkey124 km (77 mi)about 1 h 54 min
Samandağ to TarsusTurkey134 km (83 mi)about 2 h 3 min
Samandağ to MersinTurkey145 km (90 mi)about 2 h 12 min
Samandağ to GaziantepTurkey166 km (103 mi)about 2 h 32 min
Samandağ to SilifkeTurkey186 km (116 mi)about 2 h 50 min
Samandağ to KahramanmaraşTurkey187 km (116 mi)about 2 h 52 min
Samandağ to EreğliTurkey234 km (146 mi)about 3 h 34 min
Samandağ to SuruçTurkey240 km (149 mi)about 3 h 40 min
Samandağ to IstanbulTurkey821 km (510 mi)about 12 h 31 min
Samandağ to AnkaraTurkey507 km (315 mi)about 7 h 44 min
Samandağ to BursaTurkey758 km (471 mi)about 11 h 34 min
Samandağ to İzmirTurkey824 km (512 mi)about 12 h 34 min
Samandağ to BucharestRomania1,249 km (776 mi)about 19 h 3 min
Samandağ to DiyarbakırTurkey428 km (266 mi)about 6 h 32 min
Samandağ to KayseriTurkey298 km (185 mi)about 4 h 33 min
Samandağ to KonyaTurkey369 km (229 mi)about 5 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 Samandağ?

The right, as everywhere in Turkey.

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.