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Distance from Barberton to Sandton

N Barberton → Sandton
Road distance
392.1 km
M54 N3 R539
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
301.4 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.30×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
25
Info Travel board
Travel time
4 hrs 42 min
Start point
Bland Street
End point
West Street
Return: 24 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
282 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
83.4 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 2 planned rest stops
5 hrs 12 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R748.72
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R751.83
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R911.91
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R917.55
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R987.90
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R992.00
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R1,203.21
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R1,210.66
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R1,299.87
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R1,305.26
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R1,583.17
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R1,592.97
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
263° W
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
83° E
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
South-West
Start coords Origin point
-25.7822, 31.0475
End coords Destination point
-26.1046, 28.0545
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Route class Operational trip category
Local shared
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Barberton to Sandton is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 392.1 km in roughly 4 hrs 42 min.
Travel modes
Barberton → Sandton
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Car
392.1 km
4 hrs 42 min
Road route
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Two-wheeler
392.1 km
~6 hrs 1 min
65 km/h avg
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Flight
392 km
↑ 1 hr 55 min faster
Flight time
47 min
With airport
~2 hrs 47 min
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392.1 km 4 hrs 42 min
Start Barberton
Finish Sandton
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Start point
Destination
Driving route
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Turn-by-turn directions

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  1. Head on Bland Street
    0.1 km
  2. Turn right onto General Street
    1.6 km
  3. Continue straight
    2.8 km
  4. Turn left
    39.0 km
  5. Turn left onto Samora Machell Drive
    5.6 km
  6. Take the ramp straight
    0.9 km
  7. Merge slight right
    23.3 km
  8. Take the exit ramp slight left towards R539
    0.7 km
  9. Continue straight onto Schoemanskloof
    60.7 km
  10. Take the ramp left
    0.3 km
  11. Turn right
    116.4 km
  12. Keep slight left at the fork
    123.0 km
  13. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N3
    0.5 km
  14. Keep slight right at the fork towards N3: Pretoria
    1.2 km
  15. Merge slight right onto Eastern Bypass
    6.3 km
  16. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M54: Alexandra
    0.6 km
  17. Turn left onto London Road
    2.4 km
  18. Continue straight onto Wynberg Road
    1.1 km
  19. Continue straight onto Arkwright Avenue
    1.1 km
  20. Continue straight onto Andries Street South
    0.7 km
  21. Continue straight onto Grayston Drive
    2.3 km
  22. Turn left onto Rivonia Road
    0.3 km
  23. Turn right onto Fredman Drive
    0.7 km
  24. Turn left onto West Street
    0.3 km
  25. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 10
Known total R294.00
Main toll road N3
This route includes 10 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N3. 4 Gauteng open-road / gantry toll points are shown as R0.00 because GFIP e-toll charging ended from 12 April 2024.
Machado Toll Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R126.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.153, 28.132
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.173, 28.260
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
e-Toll Bee-Eater
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.167, 28.141
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.116, 28.133
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Middleburg Toll Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R84.00
Middleburg Toll Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R84.00
e-Toll Gull
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
e-Toll Bee-Eater
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Routes ↩ Sandton → Barberton Barberton to Johannesburg Barberton to Pretoria Barberton to Cape Town Barberton to Durban Johannesburg to Sandton Pretoria to Sandton Cape Town to Sandton
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
196.0 km
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
2 hrs 21 min • 2 hrs 21 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Mid-route reference
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
28.2 L needed
Moderate efficiency • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
65.2 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
21.2 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.92
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
76.9%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at Sandton
06:39 – 17:28
Active daylight
Solar noonHighest sun position
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 48 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
10 hrs 37 min
SunriseDawn break
06:39
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R1,639.05
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R7.84
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R78.42
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R1,725.31
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Moderate (11)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
0
Lane merges Yield required
2
Complex forks Path selection
2
Highway exits Deceleration zones
3
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Barberton Start: Bland Street -25.78222, 31.04750
Midpoint
196.0 km
Total: 392.1 km
Midpoint 196.0 km
392.1 km 4 hrs 42 min
Destination Sandton End: West Street -26.10455, 28.05451

Route sheet

Route class Resolved South Africa route
Province span South Africa
One-way road span 392.1 km
Return-cycle span 784.2 km
Traversal time 4 hrs 42 min
Maneuver count 25
Maneuver density 6.4 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 196.0 km

Coordinate frame

Start -25.78222, 31.04750
Midpoint -25.83203, 29.78886
End -26.10455, 28.05451
Places

Places in Sandton

Fuel stops, shops, restaurants and services near your destination.

52 places
🏦
Bank

Mercantile Bank Ltd

🏦 Bank 142 West Street, 2196
🏦
Bank

Standard Bank

🏦 Bank 5th Street, Sandton, 2196
📍
Supermarket

Checkers Hyper

📍 Supermarket Sandton, 2196, Gauteng
📍
Supermarket

Pick n Pay

📍 Supermarket 129 Rivonia Road, Sandton, 2031
🏬
Department store

Edgars

🏬 Department store Rivonia Road, Sandton, 2196
👔
Clothing store

Woolworths

👔 Clothing store 79 Rivonia Road, Sandton, 2146
📍
Supermarket

Pick n Pay

📍 Supermarket Sandton, 2196, Gauteng
🏫
University

Regenesys Business School

🏫 University Katherine Street
⛽
Convenience store

Shell Select

⛽ Convenience store 2196, Gauteng
📍
Convenience store

Pick n Pay Express

📍 Convenience store Gauteng, 2031
🏫
College

Boston City Campus

🏫 College 129 11th Street
📍
Supermarket

Checkers

📍 Supermarket 70 Rivonia Road, Sandton, 2196, Gauteng
🏫
School

Grayston Preparatory School

🏫 School North Road, Sandown, 2031
⛽
Fuel station

Shell

⛽ Fuel station 49 Rivonia Road, 2196, Gauteng
⛽
Convenience store

Engen

⛽ Convenience store Grayston Drive
📍
Convenience store

Bonjour

📍 Convenience store Sandton, 2196
🏫
School

IBTC - Johannrsburg

🏫 School 144 Katherine Street, Sandton, 2196
⛽
Convenience store

Shell Select

⛽ Convenience store 2196, Gauteng
📍
Convenience store

Bonjour

📍 Convenience store William Nicol Drive, Sandton, 2196
📍
Supermarket

Pick n Pay

📍 Supermarket Outspan Road, Morningside, Johannesburg, 2128, Gauteng
⛽
Fuel station

Shell

⛽ Fuel station 2090, Gauteng
⛽
Convenience store

Shell Select

⛽ Convenience store 2196, Gauteng
🏫
School

Gordon Institute of Business Science

🏫 School Melville Road
🏫
School

SPARK Bramley

🏫 School 41 High Road, Bramley, 2018
🏬
Shopping centre

Alexandra Plaza

🏬 Shopping centre 43 3rd Street, Johannesburg, 2090
🏫
School

Redhill School

🏫 School Summit Road
🏦
Bank

Nedbank

🏦 Bank 1st Avenue
⛽
Fuel station

Shell

⛽ Fuel station 2090, Gauteng
👔
Clothing store

Shiny Rock Polished

👔 Clothing store 382 Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg, 2196
🏦
Bank

Capitec Bank

🏦 Bank Watt Avenue
👔
Clothing store

Woolworths

👔 Clothing store 34 Whiteley Road Melrose Arch, Sandton, 2196
🏬
Shopping centre

Pan Africa Shopping Centre

🏬 Shopping centre 36 Watt Avenue, 2091
🏦
Bank

FNB

🏦 Bank Jan Smuts Avenue
🏬
Shopping centre

The Wedge

🏬 Shopping centre Rivonia Road
🏬
Shopping centre

Illovo Junction

🏬 Shopping centre Oxford Road
🏦
Bank

FNB

🏦 Bank 30 Melrose Boulevard, Johannesburg
⛽
Fuel station

Shell

⛽ Fuel station 623 Louis Botha Avenue, 2090, Gauteng
🏫
School

Craighall Primary school

🏫 School 41 Rothesay Avenue
🚕
Taxi rank

Rosebank Taxi Rank

🚕 Taxi rank Cradock Avenue, Rosebank, 2196
👔
Clothing store

Woolworths

👔 Clothing store Cradock Avenue, Johannesburg, 2196
🏦
Bank

Standard Bank

🏦 Bank Bath Avenue, Johannesburg, 2196
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ATM

Bitcoin ATM - Shitcoins.club

🏦 ATM Athol Road & Johannesburg Rd Highlands North, Johannesburg, 2037
👔
Clothing store

PEP

👔 Clothing store Hendrik Verwoerd Drive, Johannesburg, 2194, Gauteng
💊
Pharmacy

Clicks

💊 Pharmacy 2191
👔
Clothing store

Woolworths

👔 Clothing store Rivonia Boulevard, Johannesburg, 2128
👔
Clothing store

The War Store

👔 Clothing store 18 Bolton Road, Johannesburg
👔
Clothing store

Groundcover

👔 Clothing store 30 4th Avenue
🏬
Department store

Timbre Broadcast Systems

🏬 Department store 1 Ormonde Street
🏬
Shopping centre

Victory Park Shopping Centre

🏬 Shopping centre Cnr Rustenburg Road & 2nd Avenue, Randburg, 2195
🏬
Shopping centre

Woodmead Value Mart

🏬 Shopping centre Waterval Crescent
💊
Pharmacy

Tyrone Pharmacy

💊 Pharmacy 54 Tyrone Avenue, Johannesburg, 2193
🚕
Taxi rank

Killarney Taxi Rank - JR069

🚕 Taxi rank 1st Street, Killarney, 2193
Destination brief

Travelling to Sandton

A polished arrival snapshot covering what stands out, who the place suits best and what to keep in mind before you get there.

Standout Why Sandton stands out
Sandton is a district-level destination inside greater Johannesburg, so should be written as precision business-arrival tools, not generic city text.
Arrival What to expect on arrival
Sandton route accuracy depends heavily on the final block, tower, hotel or mall access point.
Regional base Good base for nearby trips
Use this page when the real destination is Sandton itself rather than Johannesburg broadly.
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Questions 9
How far is Barberton from Sandton? +
Barberton is about 392.1 km from Sandton by road.
How long does it take from Barberton to Sandton? +
The drive usually takes about 4 hrs 42 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Barberton to Sandton in one day? +
Yes, for many drivers this can be done in one day.
Is taxi available from Barberton to Sandton? +
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 Barberton to Sandton? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R748.72 (R26.52 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R751.83 (R26.63 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R911.91 (R32.30 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R917.55 (R32.50 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Barberton to Sandton? +
Yes. There are 10 tollgates currently matched for this route.
What is the route verdict for this trip? +
Heavy long-distance trip: This is a serious road trip. Start early, plan rest stops, and consider whether an overnight stay makes more sense.
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. National roads appear in this route, so watch for toll signs and busier sections.
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Kimberley
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: Pretoria
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ern Bypass
From Barberton To Sandton
: Alexandra
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Route Locations

Start area
Barberton
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available
Destination area
Sandton
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available

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