Distance from Belo Horizonte to Johannesburg

N Belo Horizonte → Johannesburg

Road distance

2,068.1 km

Belo Horizonte to Johannesburg is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 2,068.1 km in roughly 29 hrs 14 min.

Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference

7,307.7 km

Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio

0.28×

Navigation steps Instruction count in route set

138

Info Travel board

Travel time

29 hrs 14 min

Return: 58 hrs 28 min

Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration

1754 min

Average velocity Distance over route runtime

70.7 km/h

Stop-adjusted ETA 14 planned rest stops

32 hrs 44 min

Fuel Service sign

Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km

93 Petrol R27.95 / litre

R4,161.81

95 Petrol R28.06 / litre

R4,178.19

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🧭 Route vector

Compass bearing

111° ESE

Forward azimuth heading

Return heading Reverse azimuth

291° WNW

Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift

South-West

Start coords Origin point

-19.9227, -43.9451

End coords Destination point

-26.2050, 28.0497

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 Belo Horizonte Clear Sky View Forecast → 11 °C Johannesburg Clear Sky View Forecast →

Travel modes

Belo Horizonte → Johannesburg

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Car

2,068.1 km

29 hrs 14 min

Road route

🏍️ Estimate

Two-wheeler

2,068.1 km

~31 hrs 49 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 Belo Horizonte

Finish Johannesburg

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Start point

Destination

Driving route

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Turn-by-turn directions

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Start your journey

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Continue straight onto Praça Raul Soares (Pista Interna)

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Continue straight onto Avenida Amazonas

0.1 km
Turn right onto Rua dos Guajajaras

0.3 km
Turn right onto Rua Araguari

0.1 km
Turn left onto Avenida Augusto de Lima

0.7 km
Turn right onto Rua Uberaba

0.2 km
Turn left onto Avenida do Contorno

0.2 km
Continue straight onto Avenida Tereza Cristina

0.2 km
Continue slight right onto Avenida Tereza Cristina

1.4 km
Continue straight onto Avenida Teresa Cristina

1.1 km
Continue straight onto Avenida Tereza Cristina

0.1 km
Continue straight onto Avenida Teresa Cristina

0.6 km
Continue straight onto Avenida Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek

1.0 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards Vitoria

0.2 km
Go straight onto Avenida Vereador Cícero Ildefonso

0.6 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Avenida Vereador Cícero Ildefonso

1.0 km
Continue straight onto Rodovia Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek

48.8 km
Continue straight onto Rodovia Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek

23.0 km
Continue straight onto Rodovia Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek

37.5 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto Avenida JK

93.3 km
Take the exit ramp slight right

0.6 km
Continue straight

0.1 km
Take the ramp straight

0.0 km
Merge slight left

160.6 km
Turn slight right

0.1 km
Keep slight left at the fork

0.0 km
Go straight onto Via Marginal BR-135

4.0 km
Continue straight onto Rodovia Guimarães Rosa

39.7 km
Take the exit ramp slight right

0.8 km
Merge slight right

9.2 km
Merge slight left onto Rodoanel de Montes Claros

2.1 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Rodovia Ápio Cardoso

0.0 km
Continue onto Rodovia Ápio Cardoso

9.2 km
Continue straight

314.5 km
Take the exit ramp left

0.1 km
Merge slight left onto Rodovia Santos Dumont

48.7 km
Continue straight onto Avenida Presidente Vargas

1.1 km
Continue straight onto Rodovia Santos Dumont

79.9 km
Turn slight right

0.4 km
Merge slight left onto Rodovia Santos Dumont

0.5 km
Continue straight onto Avenida Presidente Dutra

1.8 km
Turn right onto Avenida Deputado Ulisses Guimarães

0.0 km
Turn slight left onto Avenida Bartolomeu de Gusmão

2.1 km
Keep slight left at the fork

0.1 km
Continue straight onto Avenida Bartolomeu de Gusmão

0.7 km
Go straight onto Praça Vítor Brito

0.1 km
Go straight onto Avenida São Geraldo

0.6 km
Turn left onto Rua Siqueira Campos

0.1 km
Turn right onto Rua João Pessoa

0.6 km
Go straight onto Rua João Pessoa

0.3 km
Turn left onto Rua Paulino Santos

0.2 km
Turn right onto Avenida Antônio Nascimento

1.9 km
Take the ramp slight right

0.1 km
Merge slight left onto Avenida Presidente Dutra

0.1 km
Continue straight onto Rodovia Santos Dumont

41.9 km
Take the exit ramp slight right

0.0 km
Continue left onto Avenida Presidente John Kennedy

0.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Avenida Presidente John Kennedy

0.1 km
Continue onto Avenida Presidente John Kennedy

0.3 km
Turn slight left

0.0 km
Take the ramp straight

0.1 km
Merge slight left onto Rodovia Santos Dumont

17.6 km
Continue straight onto Avenida Juscelino Kubitscheck

0.6 km
Turn right

0.0 km
Turn slight right onto Avenida Vitória da Conquista

2.1 km
At the end of the road, turn left onto Rua Raimundo Pereira Magalhães

0.3 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Avenida Itália

0.0 km
Turn left onto Avenida Timoteo Gonçalves da Costa

0.0 km
Turn right onto Avenida Itália

0.3 km
Turn left onto Travessa Santos Dumont

0.1 km
Turn right onto Avenida Peixoto Junior

18.7 km
Continue straight

27.7 km
Take the exit ramp slight right onto Avenida Rio Bahia

1.0 km
Take the ramp straight

0.1 km
Merge slight left onto Rodovia Santos Dumont

33.3 km
Continue straight onto Avenida Rio Bahia (Km IV)

1.3 km
Continue straight onto Rodovia Santos Dumont

1.1 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards Jequié

0.2 km
Continue straight onto Avenida Governador Aurélio Viana

0.8 km
Take the ramp straight onto Avenida Governador Aurélio Viana towards Gandu

0.2 km
Merge slight left onto Rodovia Santos Dumont

38.8 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards Itiruçu

1.5 km
Take the ramp straight towards Feira de Santana

0.1 km
Merge slight left onto Rodovia Santos Dumont

136.2 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto Rodovia Santos Dumont

69.0 km
Take the exit ramp slight right onto Avenida Eduardo Froes da Mota towards Salvador

0.5 km
Merge slight left onto Avenida Eduardo Froes da Mota

6.6 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards Salvador

0.3 km
Continue straight onto Rodovia Engenheiro Vasco Filho

0.2 km
Continue straight onto Avenida Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães

11.4 km
Continue straight onto Avenida Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães

0.9 km
Continue straight onto Rodovia Engenheiro Vasco Filho

2.9 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards BR-101: Alagoinhas

0.4 km
Merge slight left onto Rodovia Governador Mário Covas

104.4 km
Take the exit ramp slight right

0.1 km
Continue straight

0.2 km
Turn right onto Rodovia Governador Mário Covas

114.3 km
Continue straight onto Avenida Rubens Alves da Silva

1.8 km
Continue straight onto Rodovia Governador Mário Covas

59.8 km
Take the exit ramp slight right onto Rodovia Governador Mário Covas towards BR-101

0.5 km
Turn slight right towards BR-101

0.4 km
Continue straight onto Rodovia Governador Mário Covas

1.5 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards BR-235: Itabaiana

0.1 km
Continue straight

93.4 km
Continue straight onto Rodovia Governador Mário Covas

51.1 km
Turn slight right onto BR-101

2.7 km
Continue straight onto BR-101

4.1 km
Continue straight onto Rodovia Governador Mário Covas

192.9 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto Rodovia Governador Mário Covas

105.9 km
Turn slight right

0.7 km
Merge slight left onto Rodovia Governador Mário Covas

0.1 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards Cabo

0.3 km
Continue slight right onto Avenida Presidente Getúlio Vargas

1.6 km
Turn right onto Rua Marechal Dantas Barreto

0.0 km
Continue right onto Rua Marechal Dantas Barreto

0.3 km
At the end of the road, turn right onto Rua Doutor Júlio Pires Ferreira

0.4 km
Continue slight left onto Rua Doutor Júlio Pires Ferreira

0.6 km
Turn left onto Rua Trinta e Sete

0.2 km
At the end of the road, turn right onto Rua Tenente -Coronel Evilásio Novaes Gominho

0.8 km
Merge slight left onto Rodovia PE-060

3.4 km
Take the exit ramp slight left towards Gaibu

0.1 km
Turn left onto Rodovia PE-060

0.1 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards Gaibu

0.1 km
Continue slight right onto Estrada do Sol

1.2 km
Take the ramp slight right

0.2 km
Continue straight

0.2 km
Merge slight left onto Estrada Tdr Norte

1.9 km
Keep slight right at the fork

0.5 km
Merge slight left onto Estrada Tdr Norte

0.3 km
Continue straight onto Estrada TDR Norte

1.6 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Estrada TDR Norte

0.4 km
Continue straight onto Estrada TDR Sul

3.8 km
At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Avenida Portuária

0.1 km
Continue onto Avenida Portuária

5.6 km
Go straight

2.1 km
Turn slight left

0.2 km
You have arrived at your destination

0.0 km

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Stop Stopover sign

Halfway point

1,036.3 km

Mid-route position Road corridor partition

50 / 50

Time partition Start / finish split

14 hrs 37 min • 14 hrs 37 min

Waypoint reference Nearest route marker

Mid-route reference

Vec Consumption & emissions

Consumption & emissions profile

148.9 L needed

Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline

CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output

344.0 kg

Fuel mass Approximate tank weight

111.7 kg

Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol

R2.02

Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio

353.4%

☀ Solar data

Daylight window at Johannesburg

06:48 – 17:23

Active daylight

Solar noonHighest sun position

12:05

Total daylightUsable driving light

10 hrs 34 min

Light remainingUntil sunset

6 hrs 2 min

SunriseDawn break

06:48

Fin Tax & wear

Wear & SARS deduction

R8,644.58

Single trip SARS allowance

SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate

R4.18/km

Tyre wear Estimated tread cost

R41.36

Service wear Oil & filter allocation

R413.62

Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls

R9,099.56

Nav Maneuver index

Navigation complexity

Very High (82)

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 Belo Horizonte -19.92273, -43.94509

Midpoint

1,036.3 km

Total: 2,068.1 km

Midpoint 1,036.3 km

2,068.1 km 29 hrs 14 min

Destination Johannesburg -26.20500, 28.04972

Route sheet

Route class Resolved South Africa route

Province span South Africa

One-way road span 2,068.1 km

Return-cycle span 4,136.2 km

Traversal time 29 hrs 14 min

Maneuver count 138

Maneuver density 6.7 /100 km

Midpoint chainage 1,036.3 km

Coordinate frame

Start -19.92273, -43.94509

Midpoint -13.88073, -40.13634

End -26.20500, 28.04972

Destination brief

Travelling to Johannesburg

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

Signature Business and urban culture hub

Standout District-based city of work, nightlife and culture

Johannesburg works best when treated as a district-based city rather than one central point, with business travel, dining, nightlife and urban culture distributed across very different areas.

Best for Who this destination suits

Business trip City break Food and nightlife Events travel

Arrival What to expect on arrival

Sandton, Rosebank, Melrose, the inner city and the airport corridor all create different route patterns. The final district matters.

Regional base Good base for nearby trips

Destination facts Quick reference details

Joburg Tourism positions the city strongly around tourism investment and long-term value

The city is best treated as a set of districts rather than one centre

Business-led travel remains a major part of Johannesburg demand

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How far is Belo Horizonte from Johannesburg? +

Belo Horizonte is about 2,068.1 km from Johannesburg by road.

How long does it take from Belo Horizonte to Johannesburg? +

The drive usually takes about 29 hrs 14 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.

Is it possible to drive from Belo Horizonte to Johannesburg 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 Belo Horizonte to Johannesburg? +

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 Belo Horizonte to Johannesburg? +

Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R4,161.81 (R27.95 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R4,178.19 (R28.06 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R4,157.34 (R27.92 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R4,356.87 (R29.26 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.

Are there any tollgates from Belo Horizonte to Johannesburg? +

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 looks more local or regional, but always check signs and road conditions on the day.

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