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DakarFreetown
Distance: 1219 km·Drive time: 20 h 15 min

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Driving from Dakar to Freetown takes about via N3. The distance is 1219 km. The straight-line distance is 828 km. Driving directions

Driving directions

108 · 1219 km
  1. 1 Depart 18 m
  2. 2 Turn left 96 m
  3. 3 At end of road, turn left 240 m
  4. 4 At end of road, turn right onto Route de Malika 447 m
  5. 5 Keep slightly left onto Route de Malika 199 m
  6. 6 Continue straight onto Route de Diakhaye 3 km
  7. 7 Enter roundabout right onto Route de Diakhaye 23 m
  8. 8 Exit roundabout right onto Route de Diakhaye 2 km
  9. 9 Enter roundabout slightly right 25 m
  10. 10 Exit roundabout straight 593 m
  11. 11 Enter roundabout straight 92 m
  12. 12 Exit roundabout slightly right 465 m
  13. 13 Merge slightly left onto Autoroute à péage 89 km
  1. 14 Turn left 2 km
  2. 15 Turn right 15 km
  3. 16 Continue straight 7 km
  4. 17 Continue straight 57 km
  5. 18 Enter roundabout slightly right 21 m
  6. 19 Exit roundabout right 505 m
  7. 20 Turn right 82 km
  8. 21 Continue straight onto Trans-Gambia Highway 3 km
  9. 22 Enter roundabout slightly right onto Trans-Gambia Highway 9 m
  10. 23 Exit roundabout straight onto Trans-Gambia Highway 16 km
  11. 24 Keep slightly right onto South Bank Road 114 m
  12. 25 Continue sharp left onto South Bank Road 121 m
  13. 26 Merge slightly left onto Trans-Gambia Highway 380 m
  14. 27 Turn left 76 m
  15. 28 Turn left onto South Bank Road 28 km
  16. 29 Turn right 178 m
  17. 30 Turn left 184 m
  18. 31 Keep slightly left 85 m
  19. 32 Turn left 2 km
  20. 33 Keep slightly left 87 m
  21. 34 Keep slightly right 387 m
  22. 35 Keep slightly left 2 km
  23. 36 Keep slightly left 256 m
  24. 37 At end of road, turn right 3 km
  25. 38 Continue straight 33 km
  26. 39 Turn right 17 km
  27. 40 Continue straight 24 km
  28. 41 At end of road, turn right 173 m
  29. 42 Continue straight 6 km
  30. 43 Turn right 76 m
  31. 44 Turn straight 6 km
  32. 45 Turn slightly left 23 km
  33. 46 Continue straight 56 km
  34. 47 At end of road, turn right 16 km
  35. 48 Turn left 26 km
  36. 49 Continue straight 3 km
  37. 50 Turn slightly left 2 km
  38. 51 Turn left 74 km
  39. 52 Turn left 569 m
  40. 53 Turn left 5 km
  41. 54 Turn straight 17 km
  42. 55 Turn left 147 m
  43. 56 Keep slightly left 15 km
  44. 57 Continue straight 277 m
  45. 58 Continue slightly left 75 km
  46. 59 Turn sharp right 122 m
  47. 60 Continue straight 4 km
  48. 61 Turn left 16 km
  49. 62 Turn straight 6 km
  50. 63 Turn left 46 km
  51. 64 Enter roundabout slightly right 74 m
  52. 65 Exit roundabout right 49 km
  53. 66 Enter roundabout slightly right 38 m
  54. 67 Exit roundabout slightly right 60 km
  55. 68 Turn straight 49 km
  56. 69 Enter roundabout slightly right 21 m
  57. 70 Exit roundabout straight 10 km
  58. 71 Enter rotary right 35 m
  59. 72 Exit rotary slightly right 54 m
  60. 73 Turn straight onto Transversal 11 2 km
  61. 74 Enter rotary slightly right 90 m
  62. 75 Exit rotary slightly right 15 km
  63. 76 Keep slightly right 50 km
  64. 77 At roundabout, take exit straight 34 km
  65. 78 Continue straight 9 km
  66. 79 Enter roundabout slightly right 12 m
  67. 80 Exit roundabout straight 68 km
  68. 81 Enter roundabout slightly right 69 m
  69. 82 Exit roundabout slightly right 29 km
  70. 83 Enter roundabout slightly right onto Prince Alfred Road 25 m
  71. 84 Exit roundabout straight onto Prince Alfred Road 27 km
  72. 85 Enter roundabout straight onto Prince Alfred Road 29 m
  73. 86 Exit roundabout slightly right onto Prince Alfred Road 13 km
  74. 87 Continue straight onto New Main Motor Road 16 km
  75. 88 Continue straight onto New Main Motor Road 776 m
  76. 89 Continue straight onto Bai Bureh Road 15 km
  77. 90 Turn left onto Kissy Road 92 m
  78. 91 Enter rotary right onto Kissy Road 48 m
  79. 92 Exit rotary right onto Kissy Road 2 km
  80. 93 Enter roundabout right onto Sani Abacha Street 39 m
  81. 94 Exit roundabout right onto Sani Abacha Street 552 m
  82. 95 Continue slightly right onto Wilberforce Street 166 m
  83. 96 Turn left onto Siaka Stevens Street 473 m
  84. 97 Enter roundabout straight onto Siaka Stevens Street 27 m
  85. 98 Exit roundabout straight onto Siaka Stevens Street 543 m
  86. 99 Turn right onto Kroo Town Road 651 m
  87. 100 At roundabout, take exit left onto Ascension Town Road 728 m
  88. 101 Continue straight onto Congo Town Road 757 m
  89. 102 Continue straight onto Congo Town Slip Road 290 m
  90. 103 Continue straight onto Murray Town Road 214 m
  91. 104 Continue straight onto Wilkinson Road 999 m
  92. 105 Turn left onto Destiny Drive 84 m
  93. 106 At end of road, turn right 302 m
  94. 107 Turn left 126 m
  95. 108 Arrive right

The return trip from Freetown to Dakar covers roughly the same distance, 1219 km.

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Questions and answers

Freetown lies roughly to the south-east of Dakar.

How far is it from Dakar to Freetown?

The distance between Dakar and Freetown is 1219 km by road.

How long does it take to drive from Dakar to Freetown?

The drive from Dakar to Freetown takes approximately 20 h 15 min by car.

What is the best route from Dakar to Freetown?

The fastest route from Dakar to Freetown covers 1219 km with a driving time of approximately 20 h 15 min.

What is the shortest route from Dakar to Freetown?

The shortest driving route from Dakar to Freetown is about 1219 km by road.

Sources

Distance and drive time are computed from OpenStreetMap road data with the OSRM routing engine. Updated .