Distance from Dartford Crossing to Cape Town

N Dartford Crossing → Cape Town

Road distance

5,669.2 km

Metro routes · M2

Dartford Crossing to Cape Town is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 5,669.2 km in roughly 65 hrs 25 min.

Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference

9,659.7 km

Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio

0.59×

Navigation steps Instruction count in route set

209

Info Travel board

Travel time

65 hrs 25 min

Start point

Canterbury Way

Return: 130 hrs 50 min

Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration

3925 min

Average velocity Distance over route runtime

86.7 km/h

Stop-adjusted ETA 32 planned rest stops

73 hrs 25 min

Fuel Service sign

Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km

93 Petrol R27.95 / litre

R11,408.69

95 Petrol R28.06 / litre

R11,453.59

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🧭 Route vector

Compass bearing

165° SSE

Forward azimuth heading

Return heading Reverse azimuth

345° NNW

Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift

South-West

Start coords Origin point

51.4640, 0.2582

End coords Destination point

-33.9288, 18.4172

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 18 °C Dartford Crossing Fair View Forecast → 13 °C Cape Town Clear Sky View Forecast →

Travel modes

Dartford Crossing → Cape Town

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Car

5,669.2 km

65 hrs 25 min

Road route

🏍️ Estimate

Two-wheeler

5,669.2 km

~87 hrs 13 min

65 km/h avg

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Route

Route overview

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Start Dartford Crossing

Finish Cape Town

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Directions from Dartford Crossing to Cape Town via M2

Metro arterial route M2
Head on Canterbury Way

4.3 km
Take the exit ramp slight left towards A2: (M2) Canterbury

1.6 km
Merge slight right onto Dartford Bypass

2.9 km
Continue straight onto Watling Street

10.3 km
Continue straight

8.8 km
Take the exit ramp slight left

0.6 km
At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit

0.2 km
Continue

0.4 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit

0.0 km
Continue

0.3 km
Continue straight

3.2 km
Take the exit ramp slight left

0.5 km
Keep slight right at the fork

0.1 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit

0.0 km
Continue

48.3 km
Take the exit ramp slight left towards Channel Tunnel

0.4 km
Keep slight left at the fork

0.2 km
Turn right

1.2 km
Go straight onto FlexiPlus

0.3 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Boulevard d'Erlanger

0.7 km
Keep straight at the fork

0.0 km
Keep slight right at the fork

0.9 km
Continue straight onto Over Bridge 2

0.2 km
Turn left

0.1 km
Turn slight right

0.0 km
Turn slight left onto Le Shuttle

59.2 km
Turn slight right

0.1 km
At the end of the road, turn right

1.2 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto Boulevard de la Côte d'Opale towards Calais Centre

1.0 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Boulevard de l'Europe

0.0 km
Continue onto Boulevard de l'Europe

0.9 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit

0.1 km
Continue

0.2 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit

0.0 km
Continue

0.4 km
Merge slight left onto L'Européenne

42.6 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto L'Européenne towards Ostende

12.5 km
Continue straight

133.1 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards Namen

0.5 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards Namen

0.9 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards Namen

0.2 km
Merge slight left

17.6 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards E40: Luik

0.2 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards E40: Luik

1.4 km
Merge slight left

128.3 km
Continue straight

10.4 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards A 4

0.3 km
Keep slight left at the fork towards A 4: Köln

0.7 km
Merge slight left

68.8 km
Take the exit ramp slight left towards A 3: Frankfurt a.M.

1.4 km
Merge slight left

297.7 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

2,831.3 km

Mid-route position Road corridor partition

50 / 50

Time partition Start / finish split

32 hrs 42 min • 32 hrs 42 min

Waypoint reference Nearest route marker

Mid-route reference

Vec Consumption & emissions

Consumption & emissions profile

408.2 L needed

Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline

CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output

942.9 kg

Fuel mass Approximate tank weight

306.1 kg

Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol

R2.02

Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio

170.4%

☀ Solar data

Daylight window at Cape Town

07:49 – 17:43

Outside daylight hours

Solar noonHighest sun position

12:46

Total daylightUsable driving light

9 hrs 54 min

Light remainingUntil sunset

Expired

SunriseDawn break

07:49

Fin Tax & wear

Wear & SARS deduction

R23,697.24

Single trip SARS allowance

SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate

R4.18/km

Tyre wear Estimated tread cost

R113.38

Service wear Oil & filter allocation

R1,133.84

Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls

R24,944.47

Nav Maneuver index

Navigation complexity

Very High (265)

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 Dartford Crossing Start: Canterbury Way 51.46403, 0.25822

Midpoint

2,831.3 km

Total: 5,669.2 km

Midpoint 2,831.3 km

5,669.2 km 65 hrs 25 min

Destination Cape Town -33.92883, 18.41722

Route sheet

Route class Resolved South Africa route

Province span South Africa

One-way road span 5,669.2 km

Return-cycle span 11,338.4 km

Traversal time 65 hrs 25 min

Maneuver count 209

Maneuver density 3.7 /100 km

Midpoint chainage 2,831.3 km

Coordinate frame

Start 51.46403, 0.25822

Midpoint 41.36383, 27.61476

End -33.92883, 18.41722

Destination brief

Travelling to Cape Town

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

Signature Mother City

Standout Table Mountain, coast and neighbourhood variety

Cape Town combines mountain, ocean and sharply different neighbourhoods in a way few South African cities can match, which is why the exact district matters almost as much as the city name itself.

Best for Who this destination suits

City break Food and culture Beach trip Conference travel

Arrival What to expect on arrival

A CBD arrival is not the same trip as Camps Bay, Sea Point, Century City, the southern suburbs or the airport side. Choose the exact district before departure.

Local pulse

Cape Town Tourism continues to actively promote current events, deals and trip-planning tools, which makes live city timing relevant to route planning.

Updated: 2026-04-08 · Source: Cape Town Tourism

Regional base Good base for nearby trips

Use Cape Town as a base for urban sightseeing, Atlantic and False Bay coast days, Winelands links and longer Western Cape touring.

Destination facts Quick reference details

Cape Town Tourism offers trip-planning tools for places to stay, eat and see

The city works for both leisure and conference travel

Neighbourhood choice strongly shapes the trip

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Questions 9

How far is Dartford Crossing from Cape Town? +

Dartford Crossing is about 5,669.2 km from Cape Town by road.

How long does it take from Dartford Crossing to Cape Town? +

The drive usually takes about 65 hrs 25 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.

Is it possible to drive from Dartford Crossing to Cape Town 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 Dartford Crossing to Cape Town? +

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 Dartford Crossing to Cape Town? +

Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R11,408.69 (R27.95 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R11,453.59 (R28.06 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R11,396.45 (R27.92 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R11,943.41 (R29.26 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.

Are there any tollgates from Dartford Crossing to Cape Town? +

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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