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# Abadan

Abadan is a city in the Central District of Abadan County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

[Plan a trip to Abadan](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Abadan) [From Ahvaz](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ahvaz&to=Abadan)

## Every way there

- Ahvaz → Abadan 115 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · $10–13 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ahvaz-to-abadan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ahvaz&to=Abadan)
- Shiraz → Abadan 415 km · quickest by air, 3h 36m · $160–230 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/shiraz-to-abadan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Shiraz&to=Abadan)
- Isfahan → Abadan 410 km · quickest by road, 8h 37m · $50–70 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/isfahan-to-abadan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Isfahan&to=Abadan)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Abadan, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Abadan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/abadan)

What Abadan has

- Y Scheduled flights Abadan (ABD), 6 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Khorramshahr, 14 km.

30.347°, 48.282°

The city is in the southwest of the county. It lies on Abadan Island. The island is bounded in the west by the Arvand waterway and to the east by the Bahmanshir outlet of the Karun River, 53 kilometres (33 mi) from the Persian Gulf, near the Iran–Iraq border. Abadan is 140 km from the provincial capital city of Ahvaz.

How locals move

## Getting around Abadan the local way

- Get in There are river ferries from Basra, in Iraq, to nearby Khorramshahr several times per week.
- Get in The ferry is run by Valfajr Shipping Company and journey time is just under one hour.

From [Wikivoyage: Abadan](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Abadan), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abadan%2C_Iran), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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