--- title: "Clarens to Johannesburg – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Clarens to Johannesburg is 260 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/clarens-to-johannesburg" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/clarens-to-johannesburg.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Clarens to Johannesburg [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Clarens&to=Johannesburg) [Johannesburg to Clarens](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/johannesburg-to-clarens) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 260 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Wed 28 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 260 km apart. Times are the timetables for Wed 28 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best R1,900 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 4h 28m R270–360 Estimated 302 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Clarens&to=Johannesburg) - [**Taxi** 4h 28m R1,790–2,690 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Clarens&to=Johannesburg) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from South Africa; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Exercise increased caution in South Africa** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.zaf.html) Travel advice: US State Department. ## Departures today Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Clarens to Johannesburg? The fastest way is by car: about 4h 28m door to door. The straight-line distance is 260 km. What is the cheapest way from Clarens to Johannesburg? Drive is the cheapest, from R270. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Johannesburg from Clarens by road? About 302 km, roughly 4h 28m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around R270–360; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Johannesburg Largest city in South Africa Johannesburg, colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "the City of Gold", is the capital city of the province of Gauteng and the largest city in South Africa. In 2022, the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality had a population of 4,803,262, and had a wider metropolitan area of 15,099,422, making it one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. Despite not being the country’s official judicial capital (Bloemfontein), it is the seat of the country's highest court, the Constitutional Court. Situated on the mineral-rich Witwatersrand, the city has long been at the epicentre of the international mineral and gold trade. The richest city in Africa by GDP and private wealth, Johannesburg functions as the economic capital of South Africa and is home to the continent's largest stock exchange, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. [The Johannesburg guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/johannesburg) [Hotels in Johannesburg Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/clarens-to-johannesburg, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt