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Vitebsk · Belarus

Car hire and driving in Vitebsk

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

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In Belarus traffic drives on the right. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648794 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648798 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648811.

Drives from Vitebsk

Car rental from Vitebsk: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Vitebsk to OrshaBelarus76 km (47 mi)about 1 h 10 min
Vitebsk to SmolenskRussia126 km (79 mi)about 1 h 56 min
Vitebsk to Velikiye LukiRussia130 km (81 mi)about 1 h 59 min
Vitebsk to MahilyowBelarus143 km (89 mi)about 2 h 11 min
Vitebsk to BarysawBelarus153 km (95 mi)about 2 h 20 min
Vitebsk to MinskBelarus223 km (138 mi)about 3 h 24 min
Vitebsk to BobruyskBelarus236 km (147 mi)about 3 h 36 min
Vitebsk to Homyel'Belarus311 km (193 mi)about 4 h 44 min
Vitebsk to PskovRussia314 km (195 mi)about 4 h 47 min
Vitebsk to VilniusLithuania319 km (198 mi)about 4 h 52 min
Vitebsk to BryanskRussia342 km (213 mi)about 5 h 13 min
Vitebsk to LidaBelarus348 km (216 mi)about 5 h 19 min
Vitebsk to MoscowRussia471 km (293 mi)about 7 h 11 min
Vitebsk to Saint PetersburgRussia528 km (328 mi)about 8 h 3 min
Vitebsk to BerlinGermany1,137 km (707 mi)about 17 h 21 min
Vitebsk to KyivUkraine527 km (327 mi)about 8 h 2 min
Vitebsk to HamburgGermany1,317 km (818 mi)about 20 h 5 min
Vitebsk to BucharestRomania1,231 km (765 mi)about 18 h 47 min
Vitebsk to BudapestHungary1,152 km (716 mi)about 17 h 34 min
Vitebsk to WarsawPoland688 km (428 mi)about 10 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 Vitebsk?

The right, as everywhere in Belarus.

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.