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Dehradun to Haridwar
by Car
55 km · 1-1.5 hours drive · cab from ₹3,300
Distance
55km
Drive Time
1hrs
Highway
NH-7 via Rishikesh or Direct Route
Cab From
₹3,300
How far is Haridwar from Dehradun by car?
Haridwar is approximately 55 km from Dehradun by road, a drive of about 1-1.5 hours 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.
Heading to Haridwar from Dehradun? It's roughly 55 km and around 1-1.5 hours via NH-7 via Rishikesh or Direct Route. Pick the Sedan (Swift Dzire) that fits your party — sedan, SUV or tempo. You get a verified driver, a clean AC vehicle and a fixed, transparent fare.
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The Route
How the Dehradun to Haridwar drive runs
- Dehradun
- Rishikesh
- Haridwar
Highway
NH-7 via Rishikesh or Direct Route
Road condition
Good road. Two route options: via Rishikesh (longer but scenic) or direct.
Towns on the way
Rishikesh
When to go
Year-round.
Worth knowing
The pickup is anywhere in Dehradun and the drop anywhere in Haridwar. The plazas are the same ones as the outward leg in the other order, and the driver settles them on FASTag.
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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
Seasonal Road Conditions
Driving Tips
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Best Car for This Trip
We recommend Sedan (Swift Dzire) for the Dehradun to Haridwar 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 Dehradun to Haridwar 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)
- GOVUttarakhand Tourism— official Uttarakhand tourism board (Dehradun, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Mussoorie, Nainital, Char Dham)(uttarakhandtourism.gov.in)
- GOVIndia Meteorological Department (IMD)— official India weather, monsoon and climate data(mausam.imd.gov.in)
Quick Answer
How far is Haridwar from Dehradun by car?
55 km by road, and 1-1.5 hours behind the wheel. At that distance a single day is comfortable with an early start.
FAQ
Dehradun to Haridwar Road Trip FAQs
55 km by road, and 1-1.5 hours behind the wheel. At that distance a single day is comfortable with an early start.
Yes. 55 km each way at 1-1.5 hours means roughly 110 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.
Dehradun → Rishikesh → Haridwar, on NH-7 via Rishikesh or Direct Route. 55 km and 1-1.5 hours. 1 towns of any size on the way. 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. Two route options: via Rishikesh (longer but scenic) or direct. The route is NH-7 via Rishikesh or Direct Route. At 55 km and 1-1.5 hours 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.
Year-round. 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 Dehradun before the build-up and gets you in before dark whatever the time of year.
The pickup is anywhere in Dehradun and the drop anywhere in Haridwar. The plazas are the same ones as the outward leg in the other order, and the driver settles them on FASTag. 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 55 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.