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Distance from Durban to Akot Yirol M31

Durban to Akot Yirol M31 is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 5,515.2 km in roughly 74 hrs 46 min.

N Durban → Akot Yirol M31
Road distance
5,515.2 km
N1 N14 N3
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
4,041.1 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.36×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
170
Info Travel board
Travel time
74 hrs 46 min
Start point
Che Guevara Road
End point
Akot-Yirol Road
Return: 32 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
4486 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
73.8 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 37 planned rest stops
84 hrs 1 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R10,530.87
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R10,574.55
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R12,826.06
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R12,905.48
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R13,894.90
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R13,952.53
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R16,923.27
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R17,028.06
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R18,282.76
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R18,358.59
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R22,267.46
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R22,405.34
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
359° N
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
179° S
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
North-East
Start coords Origin point
-29.8618, 31.0099
End coords Destination point
6.4721, 30.2058
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Route class Operational trip category
Local shared
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5,515.2 km 74 hrs 46 min
Start Durban
Finish Akot Yirol M31
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  1. Head on Che Guevara Road
    0.0 km
  2. Turn right onto Sydney Road
    0.2 km
  3. Turn right onto Che Guevara Road
    1.6 km
  4. Turn right onto Lena Ahrens Road
    0.2 km
  5. Turn left onto King Dinuzulu Road
    0.3 km
  6. Take the ramp slight right towards N3: Pietermaritzburg
    0.3 km
  7. Merge slight right
    19.9 km
  8. Keep slight right at the fork
    221.7 km
  9. Continue straight
    251.4 km
  10. Keep slight right at the fork
    81.1 km
  11. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N1
    0.4 km
  12. Keep slight right at the fork towards N1: Pretoria
    1.5 km
  13. Continue straight onto Ben Schoeman Highway
    18.6 km
  14. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N14: Pretoria
    0.5 km
  15. Keep slight right at the fork towards N14: Pretoria
    1.6 km
  16. Merge slight right
    162.7 km
  17. Keep slight right at the fork
    220.6 km
  18. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  19. Continue
    5.0 km
  20. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  21. Continue
    10.8 km
  22. Turn slight left
    2.0 km
  23. Continue straight
    1.1 km
  24. Continue straight
    89.9 km
  25. Keep slight right at the fork
    1.1 km
  26. Continue straight onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.3 km
  27. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.0 km
  28. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.9 km
  29. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.1 km
  30. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    4.1 km
  31. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.1 km
  32. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    280.5 km
  33. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.0 km
  34. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    1.2 km
  35. Continue straight onto Robert Mugabe Way
    0.9 km
  36. Turn left onto Josiah Tongogara Road
    4.2 km
  37. Continue straight onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    145.9 km
  38. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    0.0 km
  39. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    2.5 km
  40. Take the exit ramp slight left towards Beatrice
    0.2 km
  41. Merge slight right onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    48.8 km
  42. Continue straight onto Harare Masvingo Beitbridge Road
    48.5 km
  43. Continue straight onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    21.6 km
  44. Continue straight onto Simon Mazorodze Road
    12.7 km
  45. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Simon Mazorodze Road
    0.0 km
  46. Continue onto Simon Mazorodze Road
    5.0 km
  47. Take the exit ramp straight
    0.2 km
  48. Continue straight onto Abdel Gamal Nasser Road
    2.0 km
  49. Continue straight onto Prince Edward Street
    3.8 km
  50. Continue straight onto King George Road
    1.3 km
  51. Turn left onto Nemakonde Way
    6.4 km
  52. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  53. Continue
    339.5 km
  54. Keep slight left at the fork
    1.7 km
  55. Keep slight left at the fork
    79.5 km
  56. Continue straight
    40.7 km
  57. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Kafue Road
    0.0 km
  58. Continue onto Kafue Road
    3.5 km
  59. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Kafue Road
    0.0 km
  60. Continue onto Kafue Road
    3.4 km
  61. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Kafue Road
    0.0 km
  62. Continue onto Kafue Road
    2.1 km
  63. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Kafue Road
    0.0 km
  64. Continue onto Kafue Road
    1.3 km
  65. Keep slight right at the fork onto Kafue Road
    4.3 km
  66. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Cairo Road
    0.1 km
  67. Continue onto Cairo Road
    1.8 km
  68. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.1 km
  69. Continue onto Great North Road
    3.6 km
  70. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.1 km
  71. Continue onto Great North Road
    1.1 km
  72. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.1 km
  73. Continue onto Great North Road
    1.2 km
  74. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Great North Road
    0.1 km
  75. Continue onto Great North Road
    4.0 km
  76. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.0 km
  77. Continue onto Great North Road
    1.6 km
  78. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.0 km
  79. Continue onto Great North Road
    130.5 km
  80. Continue straight onto Great North Road
    62.4 km
  81. Continue right onto Great North Road
    435.9 km
  82. Turn left
    213.0 km
  83. Turn right onto Indepedence Avenue
    0.9 km
  84. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  85. Continue
    162.8 km
  86. At the end of the road, turn right
    2.7 km
  87. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Kasesha Road
    0.0 km
  88. Continue onto Kasesha Road
    23.9 km
  89. Continue straight
    24.3 km
  90. Turn slight right
    69.4 km
  91. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  92. Continue
    240.3 km
  93. Turn slight right
    2.0 km
  94. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  95. Continue
    0.6 km
  96. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  97. Continue
    191.9 km
  98. At the end of the road, turn left
    6.8 km
  99. Turn slight left
    54.1 km
  100. At the end of the road, turn right
    8.5 km
  101. Turn right
    0.6 km
  102. Turn left
    0.1 km
  103. At the end of the road, turn right
    8.1 km
  104. Continue
    118.1 km
  105. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.1 km
  106. Continue
    27.6 km
  107. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  108. Continue
    81.9 km
  109. Go straight
    1.5 km
  110. At the end of the road, turn left onto Truck Route
    15.7 km
  111. Turn right
    33.8 km
  112. Go straight
    2.4 km
  113. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  114. Continue
    3.6 km
  115. Continue straight
    4.8 km
  116. Go straight
    91.6 km
  117. Go straight
    1.2 km
  118. Go straight
    69.2 km
  119. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  120. Continue
    80.1 km
  121. Continue straight
    20.1 km
  122. Continue straight onto Masaka-Kakuto Road
    66.7 km
  123. Turn slight left
    0.0 km
  124. Turn left
    2.0 km
  125. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Masaka Bypass
    0.1 km
  126. Continue onto Masaka Bypass
    6.2 km
  127. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Kampala - Masaka Road
    0.1 km
  128. Continue onto Kampala - Masaka Road
    24.2 km
  129. At the end of the road, turn left onto Kampala - Masaka Road
    34.2 km
  130. Continue straight onto Masaka Road
    32.3 km
  131. Continue straight onto Kampala - Masaka Road
    25.2 km
  132. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  133. Continue
    0.3 km
  134. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  135. Continue
    0.2 km
  136. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  137. Continue
    0.4 km
  138. Continue straight onto Northern Bypass
    6.6 km
  139. Take the exit ramp slight left
    0.4 km
  140. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Bombo Road
    0.0 km
  141. Continue onto Bombo Road
    6.1 km
  142. Continue straight onto Gulu - Kampala Road
    208.3 km
  143. Continue straight onto Gulu - Kampala Road
    89.0 km
  144. Continue straight onto Gulu - Lira - Kampala Road
    20.2 km
  145. Continue onto Gulu - Lira - Kampala Road
    2.8 km
  146. Turn left
    1.3 km
  147. Turn left onto Nimule - Gulu Road
    1.1 km
  148. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Nimule - Gulu Road
    0.0 km
  149. Continue onto Nimule - Gulu Road
    93.2 km
  150. Continue straight onto Nimule-Gulu Road
    13.5 km
  151. Go straight onto Juba–Nimule Highway
    179.2 km
  152. Keep slight right at the fork onto Juba–Nimule Highway
    4.9 km
  153. Turn left onto Nile Street
    0.3 km
  154. Continue sharp right onto Nile Street
    3.1 km
  155. Continue straight onto Juba Bridge
    2.2 km
  156. Turn left onto Unity Avenue
    0.1 km
  157. Continue slight right onto Unity Avenue
    1.8 km
  158. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Unity Avenue
    0.0 km
  159. Continue onto Unity Avenue
    1.1 km
  160. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Customs Road
    0.0 km
  161. Continue onto Customs Road
    0.9 km
  162. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bilpam Road
    0.0 km
  163. Continue onto Bilpam Road
    7.7 km
  164. Continue right onto Juba-Terakeka
    2.7 km
  165. Continue straight onto Juba-Terekeka Road
    60.2 km
  166. Turn left onto Terakeka-Minkamman
    79.4 km
  167. Go straight onto Minkamman-Yirol
    34.0 km
  168. Continue straight onto Minkamman-Yirol
    102.8 km
  169. Turn left onto Akot-Yirol Road
    35.8 km
  170. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 72
Known total R2,647.00
Main toll road N3
This route includes 72 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N3. 13 Gauteng open-road / gantry toll points are shown as R0.00 because GFIP e-toll charging ended from 12 April 2024.
Baobab Toll Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Pumulani
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.187, 28.134
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.222, 28.128
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.245, 28.135
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Tugela
Road: Road not linked yet
R100.00
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Tugela
Road: Road not linked yet
R100.00
Pumulani
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.274, 28.149
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Bergville
Road: Road not linked yet
R30.00
Mooi
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Zambesi
Road: Road not linked yet
R15.00
e-Toll Gantry TG001
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Bergville
Road: Road not linked yet
R30.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.153, 28.132
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Mooi Ramp Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R49.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.093, 28.117
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Zambesi
Road: Road not linked yet
R15.00
Wilge
Road: 169
R94.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
e-Toll Sunbird
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Mariannhill Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Mariannhill Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Mariannhill Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Mariannhill Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Murrayhill
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.848, 28.229
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
Routes ↩ Akot Yirol M31 → Durban Durban to Johannesburg Durban to Pretoria Durban to Cape Town Durban to Polokwane Johannesburg to Akot Yirol M31 Pretoria to Akot Yirol M31 Cape Town to Akot Yirol M31
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
2,764.8 km
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
37 hrs 23 min • 37 hrs 23 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Mid-route reference
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
397.1 L needed
Moderate efficiency • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
917.3 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
297.8 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.92
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
73.3%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at Akot Yirol M31
05:43 – 18:07
Outside daylight hours
Solar noonHighest sun position
Total daylightUsable driving light
12 hrs 23 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
Expired
SunriseDawn break
05:43
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R23,053.37
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R110.30
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R1,103.03
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R24,266.71
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Very High (226)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
39
Lane merges Yield required
3
Complex forks Path selection
10
Highway exits Deceleration zones
44
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Durban Start: Che Guevara Road -29.86183, 31.00991
Midpoint
2,764.8 km
Total: 5,515.2 km
Midpoint 2,764.8 km
5,515.2 km 74 hrs 46 min
Destination Akot Yirol M31 End: Akot-Yirol Road 6.47207, 30.20577

Route sheet

Route class Resolved South Africa route
Province span South Africa
One-way road span 5,515.2 km
Return-cycle span 11,030.3 km
Traversal time 74 hrs 46 min
Maneuver count 170
Maneuver density 3.1 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 2,764.8 km

Coordinate frame

Start -29.86183, 31.00991
Midpoint -12.15164, 31.23975
End 6.47207, 30.20577
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Questions 9
How far is Durban from Akot Yirol M31? +
Durban is about 5,515.2 km from Akot Yirol M31 by road.
How long does it take from Durban to Akot Yirol M31? +
The drive usually takes about 74 hrs 46 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Durban to Akot Yirol M31 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 Durban to Akot Yirol M31? +
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 Durban to Akot Yirol M31? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R10,530.87 (R26.52 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R10,574.55 (R26.63 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R12,826.06 (R32.30 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R12,905.48 (R32.50 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Durban to Akot Yirol M31? +
Yes. There are 72 tollgates 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. National roads appear in this route, so watch for toll signs and busier sections.
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Towns along the route

: Pietermaritzburg
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: Pretoria
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Polokwane
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Johannesburg
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Krugersdorp
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Robert Mugabe Way
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Beatrice
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Harare
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Nemakonde Way
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Masaka Bypass
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Route Locations

Start area
Durban
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available
Destination area
Akot Yirol M31, Lakes البحيرات
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available

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