Distance from Avenches to Simplon

N Avenches → Simplon

Road distance

5323.6 km

Avenches to Simplon is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 5,323.6 km in roughly 67 hrs 40 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.

Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference

8,402.3 km

Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio

0.63×

Navigation steps Instruction count in route set

194

Info Travel board

Travel time

67 hrs 40 min

Start point

Rue des Alpes

Return: 135 hrs 21 min

Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration

4060 min

Average velocity Distance over route runtime

78.7 km/h

Stop-adjusted ETA 33 planned rest stops

75 hrs 55 min

Fuel Service sign

Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km

93 Petrol R27.95 / litre

R10,713.12

95 Petrol R28.06 / litre

R10,755.28

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🧭 Route vector

Compass bearing

161° SSE

Forward azimuth heading

Return heading Reverse azimuth

341° NNW

Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift

South-West

Start coords Origin point

46.8796, 7.0409

End coords Destination point

-26.2559, 28.0641

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 14 °C Avenches Cloudy View Forecast → 7 °C Simplon Clear Sky View Forecast →

Travel modes

Avenches → Simplon

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Car

5323.6 km

67 hrs 40 min

Road route

🏍️ Estimate

Two-wheeler

5323.6 km

~81 hrs 54 min

65 km/h avg

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Route

Route overview

Live map, directions, tolls and route services.

Map Directions Tolls Trip planning

Start Avenches

Finish Simplon

Map key

Start point

Destination

Driving route

Navigation sign

Turn-by-turn directions

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Head on Rue des Alpes

0.2 km
Turn left onto Rue Centrale

0.1 km
Continue slight right onto Rue de Lausanne

0.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Route de Domdidier

0.0 km
Continue onto Route de Domdidier

0.2 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit

0.0 km
Continue

0.5 km
Continue

0.2 km
Take the ramp slight right

0.4 km
Merge slight left

89.1 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards Zürich

9.2 km
Keep slight right at the fork towards A2: Chiasso

42.9 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards Gotthard

187.3 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards Milano

6.8 km
Take the exit ramp slight right onto LKW / Truck Empty

0.2 km
Merge slight left onto Autostrada dei Laghi

30.7 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Autostrada dei Laghi towards A8: MILANO

1.3 km
Merge slight left onto Autostrada dei Laghi

9.7 km
Take the exit ramp slight left towards A4: VENEZIA

1.4 km
Merge slight left

388.7 km
Go straight onto Autostrada Serenissima

0.3 km
Merge slight left onto Autostrada Serenissima

6.8 km
Continue straight

16.0 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards autoporto Fernetti

1.1 km
Continue straight onto Raccordo Autostradale 14

2.0 km
Continue straight

0.3 km
Go straight

11.5 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards A1: Ljubljana

1.3 km
Merge slight left

64.3 km
Keep slight right at the fork towards A1: Gradec

1.2 km
Continue straight onto Južna obvoznica

7.6 km
Keep slight right at the fork towards A2: Zagreb

103.7 km
Continue straight

305.6 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

260.8 km
Take the exit ramp left

0.6 km
Merge slight left onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1

117.5 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1

325.3 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards 8: الى السماوه - محطة وقود

0.5 km
Merge slight left

0.1 km
Continue make a U-turn

0.0 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards 1: الى البصرة

0.5 km
Merge slight left onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1 towards الى البصره

177.9 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1 towards الى سفوان

55.9 km
Turn right

3.2 km
At the end of the road, turn right

1.4 km
At the end of the road, turn left

2.0 km
At the end of the road, turn right onto شارع عبدالرحمن الصفران

4.2 km
Turn right

0.3 km
Take the exit ramp make a U-turn

81.6 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards 6

1.6 km
Merge slight left onto طريق جاسم محمد الخرافي towards Messila

3.1 km
Take the exit ramp slight right

0.3 km
Keep slight right at the fork towards 70

1.4 km
Merge slight left onto طريق الشيخ صباح السالم الصباح

7.3 km
Take the exit ramp slight right

0.8 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit

0.2 km
Continue

0.9 km
Merge slight left onto طريق الشيخ صباح السالم الصباح

94.2 km
Continue straight

2.6 km
Keep slight left at the fork

0.1 km
Keep slight right at the fork

0.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit

0.1 km
Continue

0.8 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز

0.1 km
Continue onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز

1.0 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز

0.2 km
Continue onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز

27.8 km
Continue make a U-turn onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز

2.7 km
Turn right

4.3 km
Turn right

11.6 km
Turn right onto دباية العاذرية

3.0 km
Turn right

59.5 km
Turn left onto خط الهدباء

15.6 km
Turn right onto درب المباركية

36.9 km
You have arrived at your destination

0.0 km

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Halfway point

2,659.5 km

Vaud to Gauteng

Mid-route position Road corridor partition

50 / 50

Time partition Start / finish split

33 hrs 50 min • 33 hrs 50 min

Waypoint reference Nearest route marker

Vaud to Gauteng

Vec Consumption & emissions

Consumption & emissions profile

383.3 L needed

Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline

CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output

885.4 kg

Fuel mass Approximate tank weight

287.5 kg

Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol

R2.02

Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio

157.8%

☀ Solar data

Daylight window at Simplon

06:50 – 17:22

Outside daylight hours

Solar noonHighest sun position

12:06

Total daylightUsable driving light

10 hrs 31 min

Light remainingUntil sunset

13 hrs 22 min

SunriseDawn break

06:50

Fin Tax & wear

Wear & SARS deduction

R22,252.45

Single trip SARS allowance

SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate

R4.18/km

Tyre wear Estimated tread cost

R106.47

Service wear Oil & filter allocation

R1,064.71

Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls

R23,423.63

Nav Maneuver index

Navigation complexity

Very High (250)

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 Avenches Start: Rue des Alpes 46.87958, 7.04094

Midpoint

2,659.5 km

Total: 5323.6 km

Midpoint 2,659.5 km

5323.6 km 4061 min

Destination Simplon -26.25585, 28.06414

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor

Province span Vaud to Gauteng

One-way road span 5323.6 km

Return-cycle span 10647.2 km

Traversal time 4061 min

Maneuver count 194

Maneuver density 3.6 /100 km

Midpoint chainage 2,659.5 km

Coordinate frame

Start 46.87958, 7.04094

Midpoint 40.73913, 32.13861

End -26.25585, 28.06414

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How far is Avenches from Simplon? +

Avenches is about 5323.6 km from Simplon by road.

How long does it take from Avenches to Simplon? +

The drive usually takes about 4061 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.

Is it possible to drive from Avenches to Simplon 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 Avenches to Simplon? +

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 Avenches to Simplon? +

Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R10,713.12 (R27.95 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R10,755.28 (R28.06 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R10,701.62 (R27.92 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R11,215.23 (R29.26 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.

Are there any tollgates from Avenches to Simplon? +

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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