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Mathura to Agra
by Car
58 km · 1-1.5 hours drive · cab from ₹3,300
Distance
58km
Drive Time
1hrs
Highway
NH-19
Cab From
₹3,300
How far is Agra from Mathura by car?
Agra is approximately 58 km from Mathura 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.
Need a reliable ride from Mathura to Agra? It's roughly 58 km and around 1-1.5 hours via NH-19. A Sedan (Swift Dzire) is available for solo travellers, families and groups alike. You get a verified driver, a clean AC vehicle and a fixed, transparent fare.
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The Route
How the Mathura to Agra drive runs
Highway
NH-19
Road condition
Good highway. Short comfortable drive.
When to go
Year-round. Holi and Janmashtami are spectacular in Mathura.
Worth knowing
The pickup is anywhere in Mathura and the drop anywhere in Agra. 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
Food Stops
Best Car for This Trip
We recommend Sedan (Swift Dzire) for the Mathura to Agra 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 Mathura to Agra 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 Agra from Mathura by car?
58 km by road, and 1-1.5 hours behind the wheel. At that distance a single day is comfortable with an early start.
FAQ
Mathura to Agra Road Trip FAQs
58 km by road, and 1-1.5 hours behind the wheel. At that distance a single day is comfortable with an early start.
Yes. 58 km each way at 1-1.5 hours means roughly 116 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-19, end to end. 58 km and 1-1.5 hours. 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 highway. Short comfortable drive. The route is NH-19. At 58 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. Holi and Janmashtami are spectacular in Mathura. 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 Mathura before the build-up and gets you in before dark whatever the time of year.
The pickup is anywhere in Mathura and the drop anywhere in Agra. 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 58 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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