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Distance from Polokwane to Akot Yirol M31

Polokwane to Akot Yirol M31 is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 4,639.1 km in roughly 65 hrs 8 min.

N Polokwane → Akot Yirol M31
Road distance
4,639.1 km
N1
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
3,378.8 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.37×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
158
Info Travel board
Travel time
65 hrs 8 min
Start point
Compensatie Street
End point
Akot-Yirol Road
Return: 16 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
3908 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
71.2 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 32 planned rest stops
73 hrs 8 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R8,858.00
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R8,894.75
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R10,788.60
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R10,855.40
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R11,687.64
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R11,736.12
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R14,234.95
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R14,323.09
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R15,378.48
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R15,442.27
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R18,730.20
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R18,846.18
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
1° N
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
181° S
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
North-East
Start coords Origin point
-23.9058, 29.4614
End coords Destination point
6.4721, 30.2058
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Route class Operational trip category
Local shared
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4,639.1 km 65 hrs 8 min
Start Polokwane
Finish Akot Yirol M31
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  1. Head on Compensatie Street
    0.2 km
  2. Turn left onto Grobler Street
    1.8 km
  3. Turn left onto Munnik Avenue
    4.1 km
  4. Take the ramp slight left towards N1: Louis Trichardt
    0.9 km
  5. Merge slight right onto Polokwane Bypass
    99.6 km
  6. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  7. Continue
    5.0 km
  8. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  9. Continue
    10.8 km
  10. Turn slight left
    2.0 km
  11. Continue straight
    1.1 km
  12. Continue straight
    89.9 km
  13. Keep slight right at the fork
    1.1 km
  14. Continue straight onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.3 km
  15. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.0 km
  16. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.9 km
  17. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.1 km
  18. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    4.1 km
  19. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.1 km
  20. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    280.5 km
  21. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.0 km
  22. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    1.2 km
  23. Continue straight onto Robert Mugabe Way
    0.9 km
  24. Turn left onto Josiah Tongogara Road
    4.2 km
  25. Continue straight onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    145.9 km
  26. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    0.0 km
  27. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    2.5 km
  28. Take the exit ramp slight left towards Beatrice
    0.2 km
  29. Merge slight right onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    48.8 km
  30. Continue straight onto Harare Masvingo Beitbridge Road
    48.5 km
  31. Continue straight onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    21.6 km
  32. Continue straight onto Simon Mazorodze Road
    12.7 km
  33. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Simon Mazorodze Road
    0.0 km
  34. Continue onto Simon Mazorodze Road
    5.0 km
  35. Take the exit ramp straight
    0.2 km
  36. Continue straight onto Abdel Gamal Nasser Road
    2.0 km
  37. Continue straight onto Prince Edward Street
    3.8 km
  38. Continue straight onto King George Road
    1.3 km
  39. Turn left onto Nemakonde Way
    6.4 km
  40. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  41. Continue
    339.5 km
  42. Keep slight left at the fork
    1.7 km
  43. Keep slight left at the fork
    79.5 km
  44. Continue straight
    40.7 km
  45. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Kafue Road
    0.0 km
  46. Continue onto Kafue Road
    3.5 km
  47. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Kafue Road
    0.0 km
  48. Continue onto Kafue Road
    3.4 km
  49. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Kafue Road
    0.0 km
  50. Continue onto Kafue Road
    2.1 km
  51. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Kafue Road
    0.0 km
  52. Continue onto Kafue Road
    1.3 km
  53. Keep slight right at the fork onto Kafue Road
    4.3 km
  54. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Cairo Road
    0.1 km
  55. Continue onto Cairo Road
    1.8 km
  56. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.1 km
  57. Continue onto Great North Road
    3.6 km
  58. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.1 km
  59. Continue onto Great North Road
    1.1 km
  60. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.1 km
  61. Continue onto Great North Road
    1.2 km
  62. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Great North Road
    0.1 km
  63. Continue onto Great North Road
    4.0 km
  64. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.0 km
  65. Continue onto Great North Road
    1.6 km
  66. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Great North Road
    0.0 km
  67. Continue onto Great North Road
    130.5 km
  68. Continue straight onto Great North Road
    62.4 km
  69. Continue right onto Great North Road
    435.9 km
  70. Turn left
    213.0 km
  71. Turn right onto Indepedence Avenue
    0.9 km
  72. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  73. Continue
    162.8 km
  74. At the end of the road, turn right
    2.7 km
  75. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Kasesha Road
    0.0 km
  76. Continue onto Kasesha Road
    23.9 km
  77. Continue straight
    24.3 km
  78. Turn slight right
    69.4 km
  79. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  80. Continue
    240.3 km
  81. Turn slight right
    2.0 km
  82. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  83. Continue
    0.6 km
  84. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  85. Continue
    191.9 km
  86. At the end of the road, turn left
    6.8 km
  87. Turn slight left
    54.1 km
  88. At the end of the road, turn right
    8.5 km
  89. Turn right
    0.6 km
  90. Turn left
    0.1 km
  91. At the end of the road, turn right
    8.1 km
  92. Continue
    118.1 km
  93. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.1 km
  94. Continue
    27.6 km
  95. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  96. Continue
    81.9 km
  97. Go straight
    1.5 km
  98. At the end of the road, turn left onto Truck Route
    15.7 km
  99. Turn right
    33.8 km
  100. Go straight
    2.4 km
  101. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  102. Continue
    3.6 km
  103. Continue straight
    4.8 km
  104. Go straight
    91.6 km
  105. Go straight
    1.2 km
  106. Go straight
    69.2 km
  107. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  108. Continue
    80.1 km
  109. Continue straight
    20.1 km
  110. Continue straight onto Masaka-Kakuto Road
    66.7 km
  111. Turn slight left
    0.0 km
  112. Turn left
    2.0 km
  113. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Masaka Bypass
    0.1 km
  114. Continue onto Masaka Bypass
    6.2 km
  115. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Kampala - Masaka Road
    0.1 km
  116. Continue onto Kampala - Masaka Road
    24.2 km
  117. At the end of the road, turn left onto Kampala - Masaka Road
    34.2 km
  118. Continue straight onto Masaka Road
    32.3 km
  119. Continue straight onto Kampala - Masaka Road
    25.2 km
  120. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  121. Continue
    0.3 km
  122. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  123. Continue
    0.2 km
  124. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  125. Continue
    0.4 km
  126. Continue straight onto Northern Bypass
    6.6 km
  127. Take the exit ramp slight left
    0.4 km
  128. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Bombo Road
    0.0 km
  129. Continue onto Bombo Road
    6.1 km
  130. Continue straight onto Gulu - Kampala Road
    208.3 km
  131. Continue straight onto Gulu - Kampala Road
    89.0 km
  132. Continue straight onto Gulu - Lira - Kampala Road
    20.2 km
  133. Continue onto Gulu - Lira - Kampala Road
    2.8 km
  134. Turn left
    1.3 km
  135. Turn left onto Nimule - Gulu Road
    1.1 km
  136. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Nimule - Gulu Road
    0.0 km
  137. Continue onto Nimule - Gulu Road
    93.2 km
  138. Continue straight onto Nimule-Gulu Road
    13.5 km
  139. Go straight onto Juba–Nimule Highway
    179.2 km
  140. Keep slight right at the fork onto Juba–Nimule Highway
    4.9 km
  141. Turn left onto Nile Street
    0.3 km
  142. Continue sharp right onto Nile Street
    3.1 km
  143. Continue straight onto Juba Bridge
    2.2 km
  144. Turn left onto Unity Avenue
    0.1 km
  145. Continue slight right onto Unity Avenue
    1.8 km
  146. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Unity Avenue
    0.0 km
  147. Continue onto Unity Avenue
    1.1 km
  148. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Customs Road
    0.0 km
  149. Continue onto Customs Road
    0.9 km
  150. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bilpam Road
    0.0 km
  151. Continue onto Bilpam Road
    7.7 km
  152. Continue right onto Juba-Terakeka
    2.7 km
  153. Continue straight onto Juba-Terekeka Road
    60.2 km
  154. Turn left onto Terakeka-Minkamman
    79.4 km
  155. Go straight onto Minkamman-Yirol
    34.0 km
  156. Continue straight onto Minkamman-Yirol
    102.8 km
  157. Turn left onto Akot-Yirol Road
    35.8 km
  158. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
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Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 2
Known total R125.00
Main toll road N1
This route includes 2 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N1.
Baobab Toll Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Capricorn
Road: Road not linked yet
R63.50
Routes ↩ Akot Yirol M31 → Polokwane Polokwane to Johannesburg Polokwane to Pretoria Polokwane to Cape Town Polokwane to Durban Johannesburg to Akot Yirol M31 Pretoria to Akot Yirol M31 Cape Town to Akot Yirol M31
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
2,326.0 km
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
32 hrs 34 min • 32 hrs 34 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Mid-route reference
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
334.0 L needed
Moderate efficiency • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
771.6 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
250.5 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.92
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
72.8%
☀ 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
R19,391.27
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R92.78
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R927.81
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R20,411.86
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Very High (212)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
39
Lane merges Yield required
2
Complex forks Path selection
5
Highway exits Deceleration zones
42
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Polokwane Start: Compensatie Street -23.90583, 29.46139
Midpoint
2,326.0 km
Total: 4,639.1 km
Midpoint 2,326.0 km
4,639.1 km 65 hrs 8 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 4,639.1 km
Return-cycle span 9,278.1 km
Traversal time 65 hrs 8 min
Maneuver count 158
Maneuver density 3.4 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 2,326.0 km

Coordinate frame

Start -23.90583, 29.46139
Midpoint -8.73768, 31.42932
End 6.47207, 30.20577
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Questions 9
How far is Polokwane from Akot Yirol M31? +
Polokwane is about 4,639.1 km from Akot Yirol M31 by road.
How long does it take from Polokwane to Akot Yirol M31? +
The drive usually takes about 65 hrs 8 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Polokwane 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 Polokwane 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 Polokwane to Akot Yirol M31? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R8,858.00 (R26.52 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R8,894.75 (R26.63 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R10,788.60 (R32.30 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R10,855.40 (R32.50 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Polokwane to Akot Yirol M31? +
Yes. There are 2 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

: Louis Trichardt
From Polokwane To Akot Yirol M31
Polokwane Bypass
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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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ern Bypass
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Juba Bridge
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Juba-Terakeka
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Route Locations

Start area
Polokwane
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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