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BucharestEdinburgh
Distance: 3185 km·Drive time: 34 h 55 min

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Driving from Bucharest to Edinburgh takes about via A1. The distance is 3185 km. The straight-line distance is 2420 km. EV charging is available along the route, including in Pitești, Budapest, Nürnberg, Mount Pleasant, Greater London, Usworth. Driving directions

Driving directions

180 · 3185 km

You're heading from Bucharest in Romania all the way to Edinburgh in Scotland, a proper trek right across Europe. It's a massive 3185 kilometres, and you'll be behind the wheel for about 34.9 hours. Remember to get your Romanian motorway vignette sorted before you set off. Once you cross into Great Britain, you'll need to switch to driving on the left – a bit of a change as you make your way to Edinburgh. It's a long drive, but you'll see loads of different scenery and experience different cultures along the way.

  1. 1 Depart right onto Bulevardul Nicolae Bălcescu 378 m
  2. 2 Turn left onto Strada Demetru Ion Dobrescu 298 m
  3. 3 Turn left onto Calea Victoriei 84 m
  4. 4 Turn right onto Strada Walter Mărăcineanu 221 m
  5. 5 Turn right onto Strada Ion Câmpineanu 252 m
  6. 6 Continue straight onto Strada Luterană 327 m
  7. 7 Turn right onto Strada General Constantin Budișteanu 299 m
  8. 8 Turn slightly left onto Calea Griviței 58 m
  9. 9 Turn left onto Strada Mircea Vulcănescu 556 m
  10. 10 At end of road, turn right 89 m
  11. 11 Turn right onto Strada Mircea Vulcănescu 700 m
  12. 12 Continue straight onto Strada Constantin Noica 299 m
  13. 13 Continue straight onto Șoseaua Cotroceni 957 m
  1. 14 Continue straight onto Bulevardul Iuliu Maniu 7 km
  2. 15 Continue straight onto Autostrada București-Pitești 109 km
  3. 16 Continue straight onto Autostrada Sibiu-Pitești 30 km
  4. 17 Take exit slightly right 596 m
  5. 18 Continue straight 2 km
  6. 19 Enter roundabout slightly right onto Strada Râmnicu Vâlcea 70 m
  7. 20 Exit roundabout slightly right onto Strada Râmnicu Vâlcea 5 km
  8. 21 Continue straight onto Strada Argeșului 6 km
  9. 22 Turn slightly right onto Strada Principală 13 km
  10. 23 Turn left 5 km
  11. 24 Continue slightly right onto Strada Principală 8 km
  12. 25 Turn right onto Strada Principală Brădișor 12 km
  13. 26 Continue straight onto Strada Principală 2 km
  14. 27 Turn left onto Strada Băiașu 7 km
  15. 28 Continue straight onto Strada Izlazului 4 km
  16. 29 At end of road, turn left 9 km
  17. 30 Continue straight onto Strada Principală 8 km
  18. 31 Enter roundabout slightly right 19 m
  19. 32 Exit roundabout slightly right 17 km
  20. 33 Enter roundabout right 162 m
  21. 34 Exit roundabout right 2 km
  22. 35 Continue straight onto Autostrada Sibiu-Pitești 13 km
  23. 36 Continue straight onto Centura Sibiului 17 km
  24. 37 Continue straight onto Autostrada Orăștie-Sibiu 101 km
  25. 38 Continue straight onto Autostrada Deva-Orăștie 15 km
  26. 39 Continue straight onto Autostrada Lugoj-Deva 44 km
  27. 40 Enter roundabout right 100 m
  28. 41 Exit roundabout slightly right 16 km
  29. 42 Enter roundabout slightly right 9 m
  30. 43 Exit roundabout right 283 m
  31. 44 Continue slightly left onto Autostrada Lugoj-Deva 34 km
  32. 45 Continue straight onto Autostrada Timișoara-Lugoj 46 km
  33. 46 Continue straight onto Autostrada Arad-Timișoara 42 km
  34. 47 Keep slightly right onto Autostrada Nădlac–Arad 41 km
  35. 48 Continue straight 58 km
  36. 49 Take exit slightly right 567 m
  37. 50 Merge slightly left 137 km
  38. 51 Take exit slightly right 282 m
  39. 52 Keep slightly right 380 m
  40. 53 Keep slightly left 2 km
  41. 54 Merge slightly left 29 km
  42. 55 Take exit slightly right 755 m
  43. 56 Continue straight 266 m
  44. 57 Keep slightly left 2 km
  45. 58 Merge slightly left 156 km
  46. 59 Continue straight onto Ost Autobahn 58 km
  47. 60 Take exit slightly right 572 m
  48. 61 Continue straight onto Wiener Außenring Schnellstraße 16 km
  49. 62 Continue straight onto Tunnel Vösendorf 791 m
  50. 63 Continue straight onto Wiener Außenring Schnellstraße 223 m
  51. 64 Continue straight onto Wiener Außenring Autobahn 38 km
  52. 65 Continue straight 2 km
  53. 66 Merge slightly left onto West Autobahn 144 km
  54. 67 Take exit slightly right 2 km
  55. 68 Merge slightly left onto Welser Autobahn 20 km
  56. 69 Continue straight onto Innkreis Autobahn 61 km
  57. 70 Continue straight 137 km
  58. 71 Take exit slightly right 136 m
  59. 72 Keep slightly left 619 m
  60. 73 Keep slightly left 106 km
  61. 74 Take exit slightly right 270 m
  62. 75 Keep slightly left 379 m
  63. 76 Keep slightly left 221 km
  64. 77 Keep slightly left 9 km
  65. 78 Take exit slightly right 294 m
  66. 79 Keep slightly left 338 m
  67. 80 Keep slightly left 443 m
  68. 81 Merge slightly left 72 km
  69. 82 Take exit slightly right 26 km
  70. 83 Continue straight 774 m
  71. 84 Take exit slightly right 170 m
  72. 85 Keep slightly right 810 m
  73. 86 Merge slightly left 43 km
  74. 87 Keep slightly left 38 km
  75. 88 Take exit slightly right 12 km
  76. 89 Take exit slightly right 257 m
  77. 90 Keep slightly left 371 m
  78. 91 Keep slightly right 471 m
  79. 92 Keep slightly left 597 m
  80. 93 Keep slightly left 567 m
  81. 94 Merge slightly left 40 km
  82. 95 Keep slightly right 11 km
  83. 96 Continue straight 27 km
  84. 97 Continue straight 87 km
  85. 98 Keep slightly right 2 km
  86. 99 Merge slightly left 11 km
  87. 100 Take exit slightly right 508 m
  88. 101 Keep slightly right 325 m
  89. 102 Merge slightly left 17 km
  90. 103 Take exit slightly right 2 km
  91. 104 Keep slightly left 939 m
  92. 105 Merge slightly left 92 km
  93. 106 Keep slightly left 42 km
  94. 107 Continue straight onto L'Européenne 57 km
  95. 108 Take exit slightly right 270 m
  96. 109 Keep slightly left 815 m
  97. 110 Keep slightly right 119 m
  98. 111 Turn slightly left 54 m
  99. 112 Turn slightly right 24 m
  100. 113 Keep slightly right 568 m
  101. 114 Keep slightly left 122 m
  102. 115 Keep slightly left 284 m
  103. 116 Keep slightly right 93 m
  104. 117 Keep slightly left 25 m
  105. 118 Turn left 10 m
  106. 119 Keep slightly right 222 m
  107. 120 At end of road, turn left 356 m
  108. 121 Turn right 105 m
  109. 122 Turn slightly left 15 m
  110. 123 Turn slightly right onto Le Shuttle 59 km
  111. 124 Continue slightly right 145 m
  112. 125 Turn slightly right onto Over Bridge 3 910 m
  113. 126 Keep slightly left 2 km
  114. 127 Take ramp straight 273 m
  115. 128 Keep slightly left 49 km
  116. 129 Take exit slightly left 436 m
  117. 130 Keep slightly left 349 m
  118. 131 Exit rotary slightly left onto Sandling Interchange 440 m
  119. 132 Enter rotary left 43 m
  120. 133 Exit rotary straight 238 m
  121. 134 Keep slightly left 221 m
  122. 135 Merge slightly right 4 km
  123. 136 Take exit straight 312 m
  124. 137 Enter rotary left 217 m
  125. 138 Exit rotary straight 331 m
  126. 139 Enter rotary slightly left 14 m
  127. 140 Exit rotary straight 583 m
  128. 141 Keep slightly right 10 km
  129. 142 Continue straight onto Watling Street 10 km
  130. 143 Continue straight onto Dartford Bypass 4 km
  131. 144 Take exit slightly left 2 km
  132. 145 Merge slightly right onto Canterbury Way 3 km
  133. 146 Keep slightly left onto Canterbury Way 5 km
  134. 147 Continue straight 26 km
  135. 148 Take exit slightly left 759 m
  136. 149 Keep slightly right 2 km
  137. 150 Merge slightly right 23 km
  138. 151 Keep slightly right 22 km
  139. 152 Keep slightly right 24 km
  140. 153 Merge slightly right onto Huntingdon Road 23 km
  141. 154 Take exit slightly left 181 km
  142. 155 Keep slightly right 57 km
  143. 156 Keep slightly right 45 km
  144. 157 Keep slightly right 50 km
  145. 158 Keep slightly left 45 km
  146. 159 Continue straight 66 km
  147. 160 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Berwick Bypass 29 m
  148. 161 Exit roundabout straight onto Berwick Bypass 4 km
  149. 162 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Berwick Bypass 69 m
  150. 163 Exit roundabout straight onto Berwick Bypass 4 km
  151. 164 Enter roundabout left 37 m
  152. 165 Exit roundabout slightly left 32 km
  153. 166 Enter roundabout straight 42 m
  154. 167 Exit roundabout straight 12 km
  155. 168 Enter roundabout straight 48 m
  156. 169 Exit roundabout slightly left 4 km
  157. 170 Enter rotary slightly left 45 m
  158. 171 Exit rotary straight 37 km
  159. 172 Enter roundabout straight onto Milton Link 65 m
  160. 173 Exit roundabout straight onto Milton Link 424 m
  161. 174 Continue straight onto Sir Harry Lauder Road 3 km
  162. 175 Turn left onto Portobello Road 2 km
  163. 176 Continue straight onto London Road 3 km
  164. 177 At end of road, turn left onto Picardy Place 211 m
  165. 178 Keep slightly left onto Leith Street 351 m
  166. 179 Turn right onto Princes Street 19 m
  167. 180 Arrive left onto Princes Street

The return trip from Edinburgh to Bucharest covers roughly the same distance, 3185 km.

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Places along this route

Driving from Bucharest to Edinburgh you pass near Annecy, Thonon-les-Bains, Roztoky, Szob, Montreux.

Questions and answers

Edinburgh lies roughly to the north-west of Bucharest.

How far is it from Bucharest to Edinburgh?

The distance between Bucharest and Edinburgh is 3185 km by road.

How long does it take to drive from Bucharest to Edinburgh?

The drive from Bucharest to Edinburgh takes approximately 34 h 55 min by car.

What is the best route from Bucharest to Edinburgh?

The fastest route from Bucharest to Edinburgh covers 3185 km with a driving time of approximately 34 h 55 min.

What is the shortest route from Bucharest to Edinburgh?

The shortest driving route from Bucharest to Edinburgh is about 3185 km by road.

Sources

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