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Distance from Pretoria to Guildford

N Pretoria → Guildford
Road distance
591.5 km
Highway dominant · M46 / N1
Pretoria to Guildford is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 591.5 km in roughly 6 hrs 52 min.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
515.6 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.15×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
25
Info Travel board
Travel time
6 hrs 52 min
Start point
Church Square
End point
Guildford
Return: 13 hrs 44 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
412 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
86.1 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 3 planned rest stops
7 hrs 37 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R1,156.60
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R1,157.88
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R1,151.92
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R1,192.38
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R1,526.07
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R1,527.76
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R1,519.89
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R1,573.27
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R2,007.99
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R2,010.21
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R1,999.86
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R2,070.10
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
151° SSE
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
331° NNW
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
South-West
Start coords Origin point
-25.7459, 28.1879
End coords Destination point
-29.7728, 30.7866
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Route class Operational trip category
Long-distance
Operator type Service format
Minibus taxi
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591.5 km
6 hrs 52 min
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591.5 km
~9 hrs 5 min
65 km/h avg
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Schools & education 1.1 km

Hillcrest High School

3650, KwaZulu-Natal
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Professional services 1.4 km

Worlds View Office Block

1 World View Drive, Hillcrest, 3610
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Professional services 1.9 km

CGA(Citrus Growers Association

22 Old Main Road, Hillcrest, 3610
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Schools & education 2.0 km

Curro Hillcrest High School

cnr Inanda Road & JF Bailes Drive, Hillcrest, 3610
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Schools & education 2.1 km

Curro Hillcrest High School

cnr Inanda Road & JF Bailes Drive, Hillcrest, 3610
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Convenience store 2.1 km

Shell Select

3610, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 2.2 km

Quickshop

5 Old Main Road, Hillcrest
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Supermarkets 2.3 km

Pick n Pay

Inanda Road, Hillcrest, 3610, KwaZulu-Natal
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Professional services 2.3 km

Epicdev

1A Shongweni Road, Hillcrest, 3610, KwaZulu-Natal
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Fuel stations 2.4 km

Shell

42 Old Main Road, 3610, KwaZulu-Natal
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Supermarkets 2.5 km

Checkers

Hillcrest, 3610, KwaZulu-Natal
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Professional services 2.5 km

Yumbi.com

4 Crooked Lane, Hillcrest, 3651
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Gifts & hobbies 2.6 km

Tops at Spar

1 Saint Margarets Road, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
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Beauty & wellness 2.6 km

The Office Beauty Bar

Shop 4 1 Clifton Road
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Schools & education 2.7 km

Winston Park Primary School

3603, KwaZulu-Natal
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Supermarkets 2.8 km

Checkers

Pinetown, 3603, KwaZulu-Natal
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Schools & education 2.8 km

Hillcrest Preparatory School

Gillitt Road
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Schools & education 2.9 km

Highbury Preparatory School

Highbury Road, Hillcrest, 3650, KwaZulu-Natal
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Beauty & wellness 2.9 km

Integrity Hair

6 Rowles Avenue, Durban, 3652
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Schools & education 3.0 km

Hillcrest Primary School

17 Emoyeni Drive, Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal
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Shopping malls 3.7 km

Watercrest Mall

141 Inanda Road, Durban, 3652
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Clothing & fashion 3.7 km

PEP

141 Inanda Road, Pinetown, 4001, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 3.7 km

Quickshop

6 Link Road, Waterfall
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Schools & education 3.7 km

Kearsney College

3660, KwaZulu-Natal
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Convenience store 3.8 km

Bonjour

Old Main Road, Bothas Hill, 3610
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Beauty & wellness 3.9 km

My Happy Place

60 Brackenhill Road, Durban, 3610
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Beauty & wellness 5.0 km

Synergy Exceptional Hair

33 Village Road, 3610
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Gifts & hobbies 5.0 km

Tops at Spar

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
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Supermarkets 5.1 km

Pick n Pay

Old Main Road, Durban, 3610, KwaZulu-Natal
View details → Durban
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Convenience store 6.1 km

Shell Select

3610, KwaZulu-Natal
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Home & garden 6.9 km

Sax Furniture Fittings

41b Alexander Road
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Route

Route overview

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591.5 km 6 hrs 52 min
Start Pretoria
Finish Guildford
Map key
Start point
Destination
Driving route
Navigation sign

Turn-by-turn directions

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  1. Directions from Pretoria to Guildford via N1
    National highway N1
  2. Directions from Pretoria to Guildford via M46
    Metro arterial route M46
  3. Head on Church Square
    0.2 km
  4. Turn sharp left
    0.1 km
  5. Turn sharp right onto Bank Lane
    0.1 km
  6. Turn right onto Pretorius Street
    0.6 km
  7. Turn left onto Sophie de Bruyn Street
    0.8 km
  8. Continue straight onto Ben Schoeman Highway
    0.9 km
  9. Continue straight onto Ben Schoeman Highway
    33.5 km
  10. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N1: Germiston
    0.3 km
  11. Keep slight left at the fork towards N1: Germiston
    0.7 km
  12. Merge slight right onto Eastern Bypass
    22.1 km
  13. Keep slight left at the fork
    58.7 km
  14. Keep slight left at the fork
    464.0 km
  15. Keep slight left at the fork onto King Cetshwayo Highway towards Hillcrest
    1.7 km
  16. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M46: Shongweni
    0.4 km
  17. Turn left onto Kassier Road
    3.4 km
  18. At the end of the road, turn right onto Old Main Road
    0.6 km
  19. Turn left onto Mill Road
    0.7 km
  20. At the end of the road, turn left onto Mill Road
    0.1 km
  21. At the end of the road, turn left onto Inanda Road
    0.5 km
  22. Turn right onto Hilltop Road
    1.2 km
  23. Turn left onto Oaklands Avenue
    0.8 km
  24. Turn left onto Harrowgate
    0.2 km
  25. Turn left onto Montague
    0.1 km
  26. Turn left onto Guildford
    0.1 km
  27. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 35
Known total R1,379.00
Main toll road N1
This route includes 35 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N1. 10 Gauteng open-road / gantry toll points are shown as R0.00 because GFIP e-toll charging ended from 12 April 2024.
Tugela
Road: Road not linked yet
R100.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.939, 28.140
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.153, 28.132
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.274, 28.149
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Tugela
Road: Road not linked yet
R100.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.187, 28.134
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.093, 28.117
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
e-Toll Sunbird
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.062, 28.107
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Wilge
Road: 169
R94.00
Wilge
Road: Road not linked yet
R94.00
Mooi
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Mooi Ramp Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R49.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
Treverton Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R21.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
De Hoek
Road: Road not linked yet
R67.00
Treverton Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R21.00
Mooi Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Mooi Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Mooi Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Mooi Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R70.00
Gosforth
Road: Road not linked yet
R17.00
Gosforth
Road: Road not linked yet
R17.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.116, 28.133
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
e-Toll Ihobe
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
e-Toll Ivusi
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.167, 28.141
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Bergville
Road: Road not linked yet
R30.00
Bergville
Road: Road not linked yet
R30.00
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Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
296.2 km
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
3 hrs 26 min • 3 hrs 26 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Mid-route reference
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
42.6 L needed
Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
98.4 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
31.9 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.96
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
87.2%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at Guildford
06:45 – 17:04
Active daylight
Solar noonHighest sun position
11:54
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 19 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
8 hrs 12 min
SunriseDawn break
06:45
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R2,472.29
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R11.83
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R118.29
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R2,602.41
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Moderate (12)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
0
Lane merges Yield required
1
Complex forks Path selection
4
Highway exits Deceleration zones
2
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Pretoria Start: Church Square -25.74593, 28.18791
Midpoint
296.2 km
Total: 591.5 km
Midpoint 296.2 km
591.5 km 6 hrs 52 min
Destination Guildford End: Guildford -29.77277, 30.78661

Route sheet

Route class Resolved South Africa route
Province span South Africa
One-way road span 591.5 km
Return-cycle span 1,182.9 km
Traversal time 6 hrs 52 min
Maneuver count 25
Maneuver density 4.2 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 296.2 km

Coordinate frame

Start -25.74593, 28.18791
Midpoint -28.11480, 29.04801
End -29.77277, 30.78661
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Questions 9
How far is Pretoria from Guildford? +
Pretoria is about 591.5 km from Guildford by road.
How long does it take from Pretoria to Guildford? +
The drive usually takes about 6 hrs 52 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Pretoria to Guildford 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 Pretoria to Guildford? +
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 Pretoria to Guildford? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R1,156.60 (R27.16 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R1,157.88 (R27.19 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R1,151.92 (R27.05 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R1,192.38 (R28.00 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Pretoria to Guildford? +
Yes. There are 35 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

Church Square
From Pretoria To Guildford
Bank Lane
From Pretoria To Guildford
Johannesburg
From Pretoria To Guildford
Krugersdorp
From Pretoria To Guildford
: Germiston
From Pretoria To Guildford
Durban
From Pretoria To Guildford
Roodepoort
From Pretoria To Guildford
Bloemfontein
From Pretoria To Guildford
ern Bypass
From Pretoria To Guildford
Hillcrest
From Pretoria To Guildford

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