Distance from E403 to Nelspruit

N E403 → Nelspruit
Road distance
343.0 km
Provincial mix · N4 / R36 / R40
E403 to Nelspruit is a solid inter-town journey, covering about 343.0 km in roughly 3 hrs 57 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
304.3 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.13×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
22
Info Travel board
Travel time
3 hrs 57 min
End point
Ferreira Street
Return: 54 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
237 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
86.7 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 1 planned rest stop
4 hrs 12 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R655.03
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R657.75
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R797.79
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R802.73
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R864.28
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R867.86
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R1,052.64
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R1,059.16
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R1,137.21
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R1,141.92
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R1,385.06
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R1,393.63
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
75° ENE
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
255° WSW
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
North-East
Start coords Origin point
-26.1886, 28.0430
End coords Destination point
-25.4729, 30.9773
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Route class Operational trip category
Local shared
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Travel modes
E403 → Nelspruit
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Car
343.0 km
3 hrs 57 min
Road route
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Two-wheeler
343.0 km
~5 hrs 16 min
65 km/h avg
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Nearby places

Places in Nelspruit

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

50 places View all →
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Clothing & fashion 0.2 km

Edgars

Edgars, Brown Street, Nelindja, Mbombela Ward 14, Mbombela, Ehlanzeni, Mpumalanga, 1201, South Africa
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Car services 0.3 km

Battery Warehouse

50 Brown Street, Nelspruit, 1201
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Supermarkets 0.3 km

Mr price

nelspruit, 1201
🏛️
Government offices 0.3 km

Mbombela Community Services

7 Jones Street, Mbombela, 1201
🏬
Shopping malls 0.4 km

Promenade Mall

Nelspruit, 1201
🛒
Supermarkets 0.4 km

Shoprite

nelspruit, 1201
Fuel stations 0.5 km

Shell

43 Andrew Street, Nelspruit, 1201, Mpumalanga
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Convenience store 0.6 km

Bonjour

8 Samora Machel Drive, Mbombela, 1201
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Supermarkets 0.6 km

Shoprite

Nelspruit, 1200, Mpumalanga
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Supermarkets 0.7 km

Pick n Pay

Citrus Crescent, 1200
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Convenience store 0.8 km

Quickshop

Nelspruit
💼
Professional services 0.9 km

HODL OTC

29 Marloth Street, Mbombela, 1201
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Home & garden 0.9 km

Top Carpets & Floors

3C Christie Crescent, Mbombela, 1201
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Car services 0.9 km

Supa Quick

Silva Street
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Home & garden 0.9 km

Top Carpets & Floors

14 Christie Crescent, Mbombela, 1201
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Home & garden 1.0 km

Buco

Ou Pretoria Road
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Electronics 1.0 km

Music Den

Piet Retief Street, 1212
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Schools & education 1.0 km

Laerskool Nelspruit

Mbombela, 1200, Mpumalanga
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Car services 1.0 km

Nelspruit Break & Clutch Center

Silva Street, Mbombela
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Professional services 1.0 km

Metraclark

3 Bosch Street, 1201
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Schools & education 1.0 km

Mbombela
💼
Professional services 1.1 km

Integricor

Ehmke Street, Mbombela
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Professional services 1.2 km

Flawsome ICT

Shop 89 Sonpark Shopping Centre, Nelspruit, 1200
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Shopping malls 1.2 km

The Village

Marloth Street, Mbombela
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Schools & education 1.3 km

Nelspruit Primary School

Mbombela, 1201, Mpumalanga
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Professional services 1.3 km

Archaus architects

19 Britz Street, Mbombela (Nelspruit), 1201
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Schools & education 1.4 km

Mbombela, 1200, Mpumalanga
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Schools & education 1.5 km

Valencia Primary School

Mbombela, 1200, Mpumalanga
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Schools & education 1.6 km

St Peters Primary School

Mbombela, Mpumalanga
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Schools & education 1.7 km

Lowveld High School

Mbombela, 1200, Mpumalanga
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College 1.7 km

Ehlanzeni TVET College

4 Koraalboom Avenue, Mbombela
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Supermarkets 1.9 km

Game

Wild Fig Street iLanga Mall, Mbombela, 1200
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Clothing & fashion 2.0 km

Woolworths

Wild Fig Street iLanga Mall, Mbombela, 1200
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Department store 2.0 km

Edgars

Wild Fig Street iLanga Mall, Mbombela, 1200
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Supermarkets 2.1 km

Pick n Pay

Wild Fig Street, Mbombela, 1200
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Car services 2.7 km

Lowveld Landy Service (Pty) Ltd

23 Waterfall Avenue, Mbombela, 1200
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Clothing & fashion 2.8 km

Winmar

9 Rapid Street
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Car services 3.0 km

Hi-Q Riverside

20 Rapid Street
🏠
Home & garden 3.2 km

Union Tiles

Waterfall Avenue
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Home & garden 3.2 km

Tiles Africa

Waterfall Avenue
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Clothing & fashion 3.3 km

Safari Centre & Campworld

7 Madiba Drive, 1200
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Car services 3.4 km

Produkta Nissan

Water Lilly Crescent, Nelspruit
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Car services 3.4 km

Produkta Nissan

Water Lilly Crescent
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Car services 3.4 km

Suzuki

Water Lilly Crescent, Nelspruit
🏠
Home & garden 3.4 km

Builders Warehouse

Nelspruit
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Home & garden 3.6 km

Mpumalanga Blinds & Flooring (MBF)

Nelspruit
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Home & garden 3.6 km

Carpet and Decor Center

Water Lilly Crescent
🏛️
Government offices 3.9 km

Department of Health & Social Care

Building 3
Convenience store 4.4 km

Shell Select

1201, Mpumalanga
💼
Professional services 6.0 km

Mpumalanga Disaster Management / Provincial Archives and Record Services

Mbombela
Route

Route overview

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Route map

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Start, destination and route line.

343.0 km 3 hrs 57 min
Start E403
Finish Nelspruit
Map key
Start point
Destination
Driving route
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Turn-by-turn directions

Route directions
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Directions from E403 to Nelspruit via N4
National highway N4
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Directions from E403 to Nelspruit via R36 and R40
Provincial road routes R36 R40
2 route directions identified on this trip
  1. Start your journey
    0.1 km
  2. Turn right onto Queens Road
    0.2 km
  3. Turn left onto Esselen Street
    0.2 km
  4. Turn right onto Klein Street
    0.4 km
  5. Turn left onto Smit Street
    0.1 km
  6. Keep slight right at the fork onto Smit Street
    0.4 km
  7. Continue slight right onto Smit Street
    0.1 km
  8. Continue straight onto Saratoga Avenue
    0.7 km
  9. Continue straight onto Charlton Terrace
    0.5 km
  10. Keep slight right at the fork onto Bertrams Road
    0.9 km
  11. Turn left onto Albertina Sisulu Road
    9.2 km
  12. Keep slight right at the fork
    121.9 km
  13. Merge slight left
    115.8 km
  14. Take the exit ramp slight left towards R36: Nelspruit
    0.7 km
  15. Continue straight onto Schoemanskloof
    60.5 km
  16. Keep slight left at the fork towards N4
    0.6 km
  17. Merge slight right
    23.0 km
  18. Take the exit ramp slight left towards R40: Mbombela
    1.3 km
  19. Go straight
    6.4 km
  20. Turn right onto Ferreira Street
    0.1 km
  21. Continue make a U-turn onto Ferreira Street
    0.1 km
  22. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 8
Known total R294.00
Main toll road N4
This route includes 8 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N4. 2 Gauteng open-road / gantry toll points are shown as R0.00 because GFIP e-toll charging ended from 12 April 2024.
e-Toll Bee-Eater
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Middleburg Toll Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R84.00
Machado Toll Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R126.00
Middleburg Toll Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R84.00
e-Toll Bee-Eater
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
e-Toll Gull
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 -26.173, 28.260
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
171.4 km
Gauteng to Mpumalanga
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
1 hr 58 min • 1 hr 58 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Gauteng to Mpumalanga
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
24.7 L needed
Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
57.1 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
18.5 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.92
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
88.7%
Solar data
Daylight window at Nelspruit
06:27 – 17:16
Outside daylight hours
Solar noonHighest sun position
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 48 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
10 hrs 55 min
SunriseDawn break
06:27
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R1,433.94
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R6.86
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R68.61
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R1,509.41
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
High (19)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
0
Lane merges Yield required
2
Complex forks Path selection
4
Highway exits Deceleration zones
2
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin E403 -26.18856, 28.04302
Midpoint
171.4 km
Total: 343.0 km
Midpoint 171.4 km
343.0 km 3 hrs 57 min
Destination Nelspruit End: Ferreira Street -25.47291, 30.97727

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor
Province span Gauteng to Mpumalanga
One-way road span 343.0 km
Return-cycle span 686.1 km
Traversal time 3 hrs 57 min
Maneuver count 22
Maneuver density 6.4 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 171.4 km

Coordinate frame

Start -26.18856, 28.04302
Midpoint -25.81707, 29.60745
End -25.47291, 30.97727
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Questions 9
How far is E403 from Nelspruit? +
E403 is about 343.0 km from Nelspruit by road.
How long does it take from E403 to Nelspruit? +
The drive usually takes about 3 hrs 57 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from E403 to Nelspruit in one day? +
Yes, for many drivers this can be done in one day.
Is taxi available from E403 to Nelspruit? +
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 E403 to Nelspruit? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R655.03 (R26.52 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R657.75 (R26.63 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R797.79 (R32.30 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R802.73 (R32.50 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from E403 to Nelspruit? +
Yes. There are 8 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. This route crosses a provincial boundary. National roads appear in this route, so watch for toll signs and busier sections.
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Route Locations

Start area
E403, Gauteng
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available
Destination area
Nelspruit, Mpumalanga
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available

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