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Tirupati · India

Car hire and driving in Tirupati

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 TIR means 13 km (8 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 Tirupati

Car rental from Tirupati: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Tirupati to ChittoorIndia59 km (37 mi)about 54 min
Tirupati to RānipetIndia80 km (49 mi)about 1 h 13 min
Tirupati to VelloreIndia86 km (53 mi)about 1 h 18 min
Tirupati to KanchipuramIndia94 km (58 mi)about 1 h 26 min
Tirupati to AvadiIndia94 km (59 mi)about 1 h 26 min
Tirupati to MadanapalleIndia100 km (62 mi)about 1 h 31 min
Tirupati to AmbatturIndia100 km (62 mi)about 1 h 32 min
Tirupati to MadhavaramIndia103 km (64 mi)about 1 h 34 min
Tirupati to PallāvaramIndia108 km (67 mi)about 1 h 39 min
Tirupati to TiruvottiyūrIndia109 km (68 mi)about 1 h 40 min
Tirupati to NelloreIndia109 km (68 mi)about 1 h 40 min
Tirupati to TambaramIndia110 km (68 mi)about 1 h 41 min
Tirupati to MumbaiIndia923 km (573 mi)about 14 h 4 min
Tirupati to DhakaBangladesh1,609 km (1,000 mi)about 24 h 32 min
Tirupati to BengaluruIndia211 km (131 mi)about 3 h 13 min
Tirupati to HyderabadIndia429 km (267 mi)about 6 h 33 min
Tirupati to AhmedabadIndia1,268 km (788 mi)about 19 h 21 min
Tirupati to ChennaiIndia111 km (69 mi)about 1 h 42 min
Tirupati to KolkataIndia1,370 km (851 mi)about 20 h 53 min
Tirupati to SuratIndia1,093 km (679 mi)about 16 h 40 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 Tirupati?

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.