Drive
Agra to Fatehpur Sikri
by Car
40 km · 45 minutes-1 hour drive · cab from ₹3,300
Distance
40km
Drive Time
45 minuteshrs
Highway
NH-11
Cab From
₹3,300
How far is Fatehpur Sikri from Agra by car?
Fatehpur Sikri is approximately 40 km from Agra by road, a drive of about 45 minutes-1 hour depending on traffic and stops. The recommended vehicle is a Sedan (Swift Dzire), and a one-way AC cab starts at ₹3,300 (sedan), ₹4,500 (SUV), or ₹6,900 (tempo). Toll and state tax are extra. Start by 5-6 AM for the smoothest run.
Travelling from Agra to Fatehpur Sikri? Cover the 40 km stretch in approximately 45 minutes-1 hour on NH-11. Choose a Sedan (Swift Dzire) to match your group size and budget. Expect an on-time, GPS-tracked ride with a fixed fare and no surprises.
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The Route
How the Agra to Fatehpur Sikri drive runs
Highway
NH-11
Road condition
Good road. Short scenic drive.
When to go
October to March. Early morning visit recommended to avoid crowds.
Worth knowing
Fatehpur Sikri is a UNESCO World Heritage Site built by Emperor Akbar. Buland Darwaza is the tallest gateway in the world.
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Sedan
Swift Dzire / Etios · 4 Seater
SUV
Innova Crysta / Ertiga · 6-7 Seater
Tempo Traveller
12-Seater AC · 12 Seater
When to Go
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Driving Tips
Food Stops
Best Car for This Trip
We recommend Sedan (Swift Dzire) for the Agra to Fatehpur Sikri drive. Well-maintained highway makes a sedan the perfect, cost-effective choice.
Fuel Planning
fuel stations along the route. Limited pumps on parts of this route — fill up at every opportunity.
The Agra to Fatehpur Sikri road trip by the numbers
Distance, driving time, fuel stop counts and indicative fares verified weekly against our drivers' actual route runs.
The single biggest mistake first-time road-trippers make on Delhi–Manali is not stopping at Mandi for lunch. Plan your fuel and food stops in advance — it cuts your real travel time by an hour because you're not hunting for somewhere on the way.
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Verified against these sources
Verified against official tourism, transport and weather data. We refresh these sources quarterly.
- GOVNational Highways Authority of India (NHAI)— official toll plaza, FASTag and national-highway data(nhai.gov.in)
- GOVParivahan Seva (Ministry of Road Transport)— official commercial vehicle permit and tax portal(parivahan.gov.in)
- WIKITaj Mahal (Wikipedia)— UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra(en.wikipedia.org)
- WIKIAgra Fort (Wikipedia)— UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra(en.wikipedia.org)
- GOVUttar Pradesh Tourism— official Uttar Pradesh tourism board (Agra, Varanasi, Ayodhya, Mathura, Lucknow)(uptourism.gov.in)
Quick Answer
How far is Fatehpur Sikri from Agra by car?
40 km by road, and 45 minutes-1 hour behind the wheel. At that distance a single day is comfortable with an early start.
FAQ
Agra to Fatehpur Sikri Road Trip FAQs
40 km by road, and 45 minutes-1 hour behind the wheel. At that distance a single day is comfortable with an early start.
Yes. 40 km each way at 45 minutes-1 hour means roughly 80 km and double that driving time, so a 6 AM departure leaves a useful day at the other end and still gets you home. What it does not leave is slack: add a long lunch and a sightseeing stop and the return runs into the dark. A day trip works best with one stop, chosen on the return rather than the outbound leg.
NH-11, end to end. 40 km and 45 minutes-1 hour. That is the route our drivers run rather than whatever a navigation app suggests on the day — the difference usually shows up at the city ends, where a shorter line on a map is not the faster road.
Good road. Short scenic drive. The route is NH-11. At 40 km and 45 minutes-1 hour this is a single comfortable day with an early start. Where a surface changes between visits we would rather the driver told you on the day than the page pretended to know — road conditions are the one thing on a page like this that goes out of date without warning.
October to March. Early morning visit recommended to avoid crowds. That is about the destination and the season rather than the road being shut — where a route genuinely closes we say so on the page for that route. For the drive itself, a 6 AM departure is worth more than any choice of month: it clears Agra before the build-up and gets you in before dark whatever the time of year.
Fatehpur Sikri is a UNESCO World Heritage Site built by Emperor Akbar. Buland Darwaza is the tallest gateway in the world. The car and driver stay with you for the day on a round trip, so the arrival plan is worth settling before you leave rather than at the kerb — where to be dropped, how long you want, and whether anything nearby is worth adding while you have a car.
Sedan (Swift Dzire) for this corridor. On a highway route of 40 km the choice is mostly luggage and legroom — the road itself does not punish a smaller car. Fares for each are on this page, computed from the published per-km rate rather than quoted separately.
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