Distance from A 3 Koln to Ulm

N A 3 Koln → Ulm

Road distance

5098.6 km

A 3 Koln to Ulm is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 5,098.6 km in roughly 59 hrs 11 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.

Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference

9,516.6 km

Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio

0.54×

Navigation steps Instruction count in route set

159

Info Travel board

Travel time

59 hrs 11 min

Return: 118 hrs 22 min

Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration

3551 min

Average velocity Distance over route runtime

86.1 km/h

Stop-adjusted ETA 29 planned rest stops

66 hrs 26 min

Fuel Service sign

Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km

93 Petrol R27.95 / litre

R10,260.35

95 Petrol R28.06 / litre

R10,300.73

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🧭 Route vector

Compass bearing

170° S

Forward azimuth heading

Return heading Reverse azimuth

350° N

Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift

South-West

Start coords Origin point

50.9128, 7.1091

End coords Destination point

-34.0731, 18.5696

Taxi Transport options

Shared taxi fare

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Long-distance caution

Route class Operational trip category

Long-distance

Operator type Service format

Minibus taxi

Weather 17 °C A 3 Koln Cloudy View Forecast → 17 °C Ulm Partly Cloudy View Forecast →

Travel modes

A 3 Koln → Ulm

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Car

5098.6 km

59 hrs 11 min

Road route

🏍️ Estimate

Two-wheeler

5098.6 km

~78 hrs 26 min

65 km/h avg

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Route

Route overview

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Map Directions Tolls Trip planning

Start A 3 Koln

Finish Ulm

Map key

Start point

Destination

Driving route

Navigation sign

Turn-by-turn directions

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Start your journey

294.7 km
Take the exit ramp slight right

0.4 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards A 3

0.4 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards A 3: Nürnberg

1.5 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards A 7: Nürnberg

0.4 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards A 3: Nürnberg

326.8 km
Continue straight onto Innkreis Autobahn

60.9 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto Innkreis Autobahn towards Graz

15.2 km
Continue straight onto Pyhrn Autobahn

230.2 km
Continue straight

25.6 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards Zagreb (HR)

1.4 km
Continue straight

33.3 km
Continue straight

60.2 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards A3: Ljubljana

0.1 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards Zagreb zapad

0.3 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards A3: Slavonski Brod

291.3 km
Take the exit ramp slight right

0.6 km
Merge slight left

0.3 km
Turn right

0.1 km
Turn left

0.1 km
Take the ramp right

0.4 km
Merge slight left

93.3 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards A 1

32.8 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Обилазница око Београда towards A 1

214.8 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards A4: Sofia (BG)

1.6 km
Continue straight

105.0 km
Continue straight onto Автомагистрала Европа

1.1 km
Take the exit ramp slight right

0.2 km
Merge slight left onto Автомагистрала Европа

62.5 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards А 1: Пловдив

1.6 km
Merge slight left onto Околовръстен път

8.1 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards A 1: Пловдив

0.3 km
Merge slight left onto Автомагистрала Тракия

167.9 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto Автомагистрала Марица towards А 4: Свиленград

112.4 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Автомагистрала Марица towards Turkey

0.5 km
Continue straight onto Kapıkule Sınır Kapısı

10.4 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Avrupa Otoyolu towards Lalapaşa

165.5 km
Take the exit ramp slight right onto Kınalı Kavşağı towards O-7

1.2 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Kınalı Kavşağı towards O-7: Çatalca

2.5 km
Continue straight onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu

110.5 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu

4.4 km
Continue straight onto Viyadük-29

0.6 km
Continue straight onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu

21.4 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu

8.3 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu

44.3 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu

59.5 km
Merge slight left onto Anadolu Otoyolu

254.5 km
Merge slight left onto Ankara Çevre Yolu

33.9 km
Take the exit ramp slight right onto Ankara Çevre Yolu Güney Kavşağı

1.2 km
Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu

220.0 km
Continue straight onto Ankara -Tarsus Otoyolu

27.8 km
Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu

105.6 km
Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-8 Viyadüğü

0.2 km
Continue straight onto Pozantı - Niğde Otoyolu

1.0 km
Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-10 Viyadüğü

0.2 km
Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu

2.2 km
Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-14 Viyadüğü

0.2 km
Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-6 Tüneli

0.8 km
Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu

10.0 km
Continue straight onto Pozantı - Niğde Otoyolu

0.9 km
Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu

63.4 km
Continue straight onto K28 Tarsus Doğu Kavşağı

0.6 km
Take the exit ramp slight left onto Tarsus Doğu Kavşağı towards O-51

2.4 km
Merge slight left onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu

11.8 km
Go straight onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu

0.1 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu

0.4 km
Merge slight right onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu

17.9 km
Continue straight onto Fehmi Özeltürkay Tüneli

0.3 km
Continue straight onto Adana-Şanlıurfa Otoyolu

59.7 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto Ceyhan-İskenderun Otoyolu

77.0 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Belen 1 Kavşağı

0.6 km
Continue straight onto Antakya-İskenderun Yolu

3.8 km
Continue straight onto Maraşal Çakmak Caddesi

1.0 km
Continue straight onto E5 Karayolu Caddesi

16.4 km
Turn left onto Çevre Yolu Caddesi

10.6 km
Turn right onto Alpaslan Türkeş Bulvarı

1.5 km
Continue onto Kırıkhan-Reyhanlı yolu

31.8 km
Continue straight onto Kırıkhan-Reyhanlı Yolu

8.3 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto Antakya - Halep yolu

5.7 km
Continue straight

0.7 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto ESCWA, ITSAM

0.0 km
Continue onto ESCWA, ITSAM

1.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit

0.0 km
Continue

4.5 km
At the roundabout, take the 4th exit

0.3 km
Continue

3.7 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق سرمدا - حلب

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق سرمدا - حلب

16.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto حلب - طريق إدلب

0.0 km
Continue onto حلب - طريق إدلب

3.3 km
Turn slight right onto طريق حلب - إدلب

2.3 km
Merge slight left onto حلب - طريق إدلب

10.9 km
Continue straight

8.3 km
Continue straight onto محلق حلب الجنوبي

7.3 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto محلق حلب الجنوبي

0.4 km
Continue straight

2.2 km
Continue straight onto طريق حلب الرمادي

4.7 km
Continue straight onto طريق حلب الرقة

179.6 km
Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.8 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

35.0 km
Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

82.7 km
Go straight onto Deir EzZor - Ar Raqqa

5.8 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

4.9 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.1 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

2.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.1 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.2 km
Turn left

0.1 km
Turn right

0.3 km
Turn right

0.1 km
Turn right onto Rue Ash'Sham

0.1 km
At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.1 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

4.4 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

39.8 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

1.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

2.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

6.0 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

24.2 km
Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

48.1 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit

0.0 km
Continue

1.0 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit

0.0 km
Continue

0.0 km
Continue straight

3.0 km
Continue right onto حلب - الرمادي

0.1 km
Turn left

7.7 km
Continue straight

0.2 km
At the end of the road, turn left

4.2 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit

0.1 km
Continue

260.2 km
Take the exit ramp left

0.7 km
Merge slight left onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1

128.4 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards 21

0.6 km
Turn left

143.6 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق الحج البري

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق الحج البري

117.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق الحج البري

0.1 km
Continue onto طريق الحج البري

2.7 km
Continue straight onto Arar-Karbala (Iraq) road

2.1 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Arar-Karbala (Iraq) road

0.4 km
At the end of the road, turn right onto Arar-Karbala (Iraq) road

3.0 km
Go straight

1.2 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Arar-Karbala (Iraq) road

47.4 km
Continue straight onto شارع الامير عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز بن مساعد

14.2 km
Take the exit ramp slight right

0.5 km
Merge slight left onto طريق الملك فهد

131.7 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق رفحاء - عرعر - الطريق الدولي

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق رفحاء - عرعر - الطريق الدولي

5.1 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق رفحاء - عرعر - الطريق الدولي

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق رفحاء - عرعر - الطريق الدولي

105.2 km
Turn right

8.4 km
Turn left

58.5 km
You have arrived at your destination

0.0 km

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Stop Stopover sign

Halfway point

2,546.7 km

Nordrhein-Westfalen to Western Cape

Mid-route position Road corridor partition

50 / 50

Time partition Start / finish split

29 hrs 35 min • 29 hrs 35 min

Waypoint reference Nearest route marker

Nordrhein-Westfalen to Western Cape

Vec Consumption & emissions

Consumption & emissions profile

367.1 L needed

Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline

CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output

848.0 kg

Fuel mass Approximate tank weight

275.3 kg

Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol

R2.02

Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio

186.7%

☀ Solar data

Daylight window at Ulm

07:45 – 17:43

Active daylight

Solar noonHighest sun position

12:44

Total daylightUsable driving light

9 hrs 57 min

Light remainingUntil sunset

8 hrs 3 min

SunriseDawn break

07:45

Fin Tax & wear

Wear & SARS deduction

R21,312.00

Single trip SARS allowance

SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate

R4.18/km

Tyre wear Estimated tread cost

R101.97

Service wear Oil & filter allocation

R1,019.71

Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls

R22,433.68

Nav Maneuver index

Navigation complexity

Very High (193)

Turn difficulty rating

Roundabouts Multi-path navigation

Lane merges Yield required

Complex forks Path selection

Highway exits Deceleration zones

Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS

Origin A 3 Koln 50.91277, 7.10913

Midpoint

2,546.7 km

Total: 5098.6 km

Midpoint 2,546.7 km

5098.6 km 3551 min

Destination Ulm -34.07310, 18.56957

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor

Province span Nordrhein-Westfalen to Western Cape

One-way road span 5098.6 km

Return-cycle span 10197.2 km

Traversal time 3551 min

Maneuver count 159

Maneuver density 3.1 /100 km

Midpoint chainage 2,546.7 km

Coordinate frame

Start 50.91277, 7.10913

Midpoint 40.81925, 30.41317

End -34.07310, 18.56957

Route support

Route FAQ

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How far is A 3 Koln from Ulm? +

A 3 Koln is about 5098.6 km from Ulm by road.

How long does it take from A 3 Koln to Ulm? +

The drive usually takes about 3551 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.

Is it possible to drive from A 3 Koln to Ulm in one day? +

It is possible, but for many travellers this is better treated as a very long same-day trip or an overnight trip.

Is taxi available from A 3 Koln to Ulm? +

Taxi may be available, but for this route it is better to confirm the latest fare at the local taxi rank.

What's the estimated fuel amount from A 3 Koln to Ulm? +

Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R10,260.35 (R27.95 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R10,300.73 (R28.06 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R10,249.34 (R27.92 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R10,741.25 (R29.26 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.

Are there any tollgates from A 3 Koln to Ulm? +

No tollgates are currently matched for this route.

What is the route verdict for this trip? +

Very long trip: This is a demanding long-distance route. Treat it as a serious travel day and consider an overnight stop.

Is there a long-trip warning on this route? +

This is a long trip. Plan rest stops, avoid driving tired, and be careful with late-night travel.

Is there a road note for this route? +

This is a longer road trip, so a fuel or rest stop is recommended. Take a short break about every 2 hours if possible. This route crosses a provincial boundary. This route looks more local or regional, but always check signs and road conditions on the day.

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