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Distance from Rathenauplatz to Wels

N Rathenauplatz → Wels
Road distance
1,323.6 km
Metro routes · M3 / M4
Rathenauplatz to Wels is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 1,323.6 km in roughly 16 hrs 46 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
1,084.9 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.22×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
147
Info Travel board
Travel time
16 hrs 46 min
Start point
Rathenauplatz
Return: 33 hrs 32 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
1006 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
78.9 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 8 planned rest stops
18 hrs 46 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R2,663.60
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R2,674.08
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R2,660.74
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R2,788.44
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R3,514.47
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R3,528.30
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R3,510.70
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R3,679.19
93 Petrol R27.95 / litre
R4,624.31
95 Petrol R28.06 / litre
R4,642.51
Diesel 500ppm R27.92 / litre
R4,619.34
Diesel 50ppm R29.26 / litre
R4,841.05
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
293° WNW
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
113° ESE
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
North-East
Start coords Origin point
49.4569, 11.0895
End coords Destination point
52.2928, -3.7389
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Route class Operational trip category
Long-distance
Operator type Service format
Minibus taxi
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Rathenauplatz → Wels
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Car
1,323.6 km
16 hrs 46 min
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Two-wheeler
1,323.6 km
~20 hrs 21 min
65 km/h avg
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1,323.6 km 16 hrs 46 min
Start Rathenauplatz
Finish Wels
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  1. Directions from Rathenauplatz to Wels via M3 and M4
    Metro arterial routes M3M4
  2. Head on Rathenauplatz
    0.1 km
  3. Continue straight onto Bayreuther Straße
    0.8 km
  4. Continue straight onto Äußere Bayreuther Straße
    5.1 km
  5. Take the ramp slight right towards A 3: Würzburg
    0.6 km
  6. Keep slight left at the fork towards A 3: Frankfurt am Main
    0.2 km
  7. Merge slight left
    7.8 km
  8. Take the exit ramp slight right towards B 4: Erlangen-Tennelohe
    0.3 km
  9. Keep slight left at the fork towards B 4: Nürnberg
    0.4 km
  10. Keep slight left at the fork towards A 3: Würzburg
    221.0 km
  11. Keep slight left at the fork towards Köln
    8.7 km
  12. Take the exit ramp slight right towards A 66: Wiesbaden
    0.3 km
  13. Keep slight left at the fork towards A 66: Wiesbaden
    0.3 km
  14. Keep slight left at the fork towards A 3: Köln
    0.4 km
  15. Merge slight left
    71.8 km
  16. Take the exit ramp slight right towards A 48: Trier
    25.3 km
  17. Continue straight
    0.8 km
  18. Take the exit ramp slight right towards A 61: Ludwigshafen
    0.2 km
  19. Keep slight right at the fork towards A 61: Köln
    0.8 km
  20. Merge slight left
    43.0 km
  21. Keep slight left at the fork towards A 61: Köln
    37.2 km
  22. Take the exit ramp slight right towards A 61: Venlo
    11.2 km
  23. Take the exit ramp slight right towards Aachen
    0.3 km
  24. Keep slight left at the fork towards Aachen
    0.4 km
  25. Keep slight right at the fork towards A 4: Aachen
    0.5 km
  26. Keep slight left at the fork towards A 4: Aachen
    0.6 km
  27. Keep slight left at the fork towards A 4: Eindhoven
    0.6 km
  28. Merge slight left towards Aachen
    39.2 km
  29. Keep slight right at the fork towards Antwerpen
    10.4 km
  30. Continue straight
    27.0 km
  31. Continue straight
    86.5 km
  32. Keep slight right at the fork towards E40: Brussel
    1.3 km
  33. Merge slight left
    10.8 km
  34. Take the exit ramp slight right towards E411
    0.5 km
  35. Keep slight right at the fork towards E40
    0.3 km
  36. Merge slight left
    16.3 km
  37. Take the exit ramp slight right towards E40
    1.2 km
  38. Keep slight left at the fork towards Oostende
    0.9 km
  39. Merge slight left
    91.7 km
  40. Keep slight left at the fork towards Calais
    41.8 km
  41. Continue straight onto L'Européenne
    56.5 km
  42. Take the exit ramp slight right towards Tunnel sous la Manche
    0.3 km
  43. Keep slight left at the fork towards Tunnel sous la Manche
    0.8 km
  44. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.0 km
  45. Keep slight left at the fork
    0.1 km
  46. Keep slight left at the fork
    0.0 km
  47. Keep slight left at the fork
    0.0 km
  48. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.0 km
  49. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.6 km
  50. Keep slight left at the fork
    0.1 km
  51. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.0 km
  52. Keep slight left at the fork
    0.3 km
  53. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.1 km
  54. Keep slight left at the fork
    0.0 km
  55. Turn left
    0.0 km
  56. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.2 km
  57. At the end of the road, turn left
    0.4 km
  58. Turn right
    0.1 km
  59. Turn slight left
    0.0 km
  60. Turn slight right onto Le Shuttle
    58.5 km
  61. Continue
    0.1 km
  62. Turn slight right onto Over Bridge 3
    0.9 km
  63. Keep slight left at the fork
    1.5 km
  64. Take the ramp straight towards London
    0.3 km
  65. Keep slight right at the fork towards London
    60.1 km
  66. Take the exit ramp slight left towards Gatwick
    15.9 km
  67. Merge slight right
    56.9 km
  68. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M3: Basingstoke
    0.5 km
  69. Keep slight left at the fork towards M3: Basingstoke
    0.7 km
  70. Merge slight right
    10.0 km
  71. Take the exit ramp slight left towards A322: Bracknell
    0.9 km
  72. Keep slight left at the fork onto Bagshot Bypass
    1.3 km
  73. Continue straight onto Bracknell Road
    1.4 km
  74. Keep slight left at the fork onto Bracknell Road towards A322
    3.5 km
  75. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.9 km
  76. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bagshot Road
    0.1 km
  77. Continue onto Bagshot Road
    0.3 km
  78. Take the exit ramp slight left
    0.2 km
  79. Merge slight right onto Bagshot Road
    0.3 km
  80. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Downshire Way
    0.0 km
  81. Continue onto Downshire Way
    0.9 km
  82. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Berkshire Way
    0.1 km
  83. Continue onto Berkshire Way
    1.0 km
  84. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Berkshire Way
    0.0 km
  85. Continue onto Berkshire Way
    0.9 km
  86. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Berkshire Way
    0.1 km
  87. Continue onto Berkshire Way
    5.0 km
  88. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M4: Newbury
    0.9 km
  89. Merge slight right
    65.5 km
  90. Take the exit ramp slight left towards A419
    0.4 km
  91. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Marlborough Road
    0.3 km
  92. Continue onto Marlborough Road
    18.7 km
  93. Continue straight onto Latton Bypass
    3.2 km
  94. Continue straight onto Cricklade Road
    1.7 km
  95. Continue straight onto Cirencester Bypass
    10.1 km
  96. Continue straight onto Gloucester Road
    10.2 km
  97. Continue straight onto Birdlip Bypass
    2.8 km
  98. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  99. Continue
    6.8 km
  100. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Brockworth Bypass
    0.0 km
  101. Continue onto Brockworth Bypass
    0.9 km
  102. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit
    0.2 km
  103. Continue
    1.4 km
  104. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  105. Continue
    1.4 km
  106. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  107. Continue
    1.5 km
  108. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  109. Continue
    2.0 km
  110. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  111. Continue
    1.7 km
  112. Take the exit ramp slight right towards B4215
    0.1 km
  113. Go straight onto Newent Road
    11.6 km
  114. Turn right onto Bridge Street
    0.2 km
  115. Continue straight onto Lambs Barn Pitch
    4.0 km
  116. Continue straight onto Newent Road
    1.0 km
  117. Continue slight left onto Newent Road
    0.4 km
  118. Continue straight onto The Village
    0.6 km
  119. Continue straight onto Leominster Road
    4.6 km
  120. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  121. Continue
    14.9 km
  122. Continue
    11.0 km
  123. Turn right
    0.5 km
  124. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Hereford Road
    0.0 km
  125. Continue onto Hereford Road
    4.5 km
  126. Turn left onto Passa Lane
    1.3 km
  127. Turn left onto Ivington Road
    6.3 km
  128. At the end of the road, turn right
    0.3 km
  129. Turn left
    1.6 km
  130. Continue straight
    2.9 km
  131. Turn left
    1.7 km
  132. Continue straight
    2.7 km
  133. Turn right
    1.3 km
  134. At the end of the road, turn left
    6.4 km
  135. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Kington Bypass
    0.0 km
  136. Continue onto Kington Bypass
    0.5 km
  137. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Kington Bypass
    0.0 km
  138. Continue onto Kington Bypass
    1.6 km
  139. Continue straight onto Stanner Road
    26.6 km
  140. Continue
    14.9 km
  141. Continue straight
    5.8 km
  142. Turn left onto Garreg Ddu Dam
    0.2 km
  143. Continue straight
    6.3 km
  144. Turn slight right
    0.9 km
  145. Turn right
    5.3 km
  146. Turn slight right
    0.1 km
  147. Turn sharp left
    4.9 km
  148. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
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Tolls on this route

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Tolls found 0
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Main toll road M4 - Magalies Toll Route
We found matching toll-road records for this route, but no tollgate point was close enough to the route line to display as a confirmed route toll.
M4 - Magalies Toll Route M4 - Magalies Toll Route M4 - Magalies Toll Route M4 - Magalies Toll Route
Routes ↩ Wels → Rathenauplatz Rathenauplatz to Johannesburg Rathenauplatz to Pretoria Rathenauplatz to Cape Town Rathenauplatz to Durban Johannesburg to Wels Pretoria to Wels Cape Town to Wels
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Halfway point
660.3 km
Bayern to Cymru / Wales
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
8 hrs 23 min • 8 hrs 23 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Bayern to Cymru / Wales
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
95.3 L needed
Moderate efficiency • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
220.1 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
71.5 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R2.02
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
82%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at Wels
05:52 – 22:38
Active daylight
Solar noonHighest sun position
14:15
Total daylightUsable driving light
16 hrs 45 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
16 hrs 22 min
SunriseDawn break
05:52
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R5,532.62
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R26.47
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R264.72
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R5,823.81
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Very High (195)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
17
Lane merges Yield required
11
Complex forks Path selection
36
Highway exits Deceleration zones
33
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Rathenauplatz Start: Rathenauplatz 49.45690, 11.08948
Midpoint
660.3 km
Total: 1,323.6 km
Midpoint 660.3 km
1,323.6 km 16 hrs 46 min
Destination Wels 52.29281, -3.73893

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor
Province span Bayern to Cymru / Wales
One-way road span 1,323.6 km
Return-cycle span 2,647.2 km
Traversal time 16 hrs 46 min
Maneuver count 147
Maneuver density 11.1 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 660.3 km

Coordinate frame

Start 49.45690, 11.08948
Midpoint 50.95027, 3.89115
End 52.29281, -3.73893
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Questions 9
How far is Rathenauplatz from Wels? +
Rathenauplatz is about 1,323.6 km from Wels by road.
How long does it take from Rathenauplatz to Wels? +
The drive usually takes about 16 hrs 46 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Rathenauplatz to Wels 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 Rathenauplatz to Wels? +
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 Rathenauplatz to Wels? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R2,663.60 (R27.95 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R2,674.08 (R28.06 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R2,660.74 (R27.92 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R2,788.44 (R29.26 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Rathenauplatz to Wels? +
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 crosses a provincial boundary. This route looks more local or regional, but always check signs and road conditions on the day.
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Towns along the route

Bayreuther Straße
From Rathenauplatz To Wels
Äußere Bayreuther Straße
From Rathenauplatz To Wels
A 3: Würzburg
From Rathenauplatz To Wels
A 3: Frankfurt am Main
From Rathenauplatz To Wels
Würzburg
From Rathenauplatz To Wels
B 4: Erlangen-Tennelohe
From Rathenauplatz To Wels
Erlangen-Ost
From Rathenauplatz To Wels
Erlangen-Süd
From Rathenauplatz To Wels
Nürnberg
From Rathenauplatz To Wels
B 4: Nürnberg
From Rathenauplatz To Wels

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