--- title: "Dubrovnik to Zadar – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Dubrovnik to Zadar is 285 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dubrovnik-to-zadar" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dubrovnik-to-zadar.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Dubrovnik to Zadar [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dubrovnik&to=Zadar) [Zadar to Dubrovnik](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/zadar-to-dubrovnik) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 285 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Wed 28 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 285 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€490 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 4h 51m€36–50 Estimated Likely no visa needed for Bosnia and Herzegovina 356 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dubrovnik&to=Zadar) - [**Taxi** 4h 51m€425–640 Estimated Likely no visa needed for Bosnia and Herzegovina one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dubrovnik&to=Zadar) 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 Croatia; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Likely no visa needed for Bosnia and Herzegovina** · Croatia passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/bosnia-and-herzegovina/entry-requirements) - **Exercise increased caution in Bosnia and Herzegovina** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.bih.html) Travel advice: US State Department. Visa rules: [Passport Index data](https://github.com/imorte/passport-index-data) (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules. ## 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 Dubrovnik to Zadar? The fastest way is by car: about 4h 51m door to door. The straight-line distance is 285 km. What is the cheapest way from Dubrovnik to Zadar? Drive is the cheapest, from €36. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Zadar from Dubrovnik by road? About 356 km, roughly 4h 51m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around €36–50; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Zadar City in Croatia Zadar, historically known as Zara, is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Croatia. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region. Zadar serves as the seat of Zadar County and of the wider northern Dalmatian region. The city proper covers 25 km2 (9.7 sq mi) with a population of 75,082 in 2011, making it the second-largest city in Dalmatia and the fifth-largest in the country. [The Zadar guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/zadar) Worth your time - Crkva svetog Donata The church is one of the best preserved pre-Romanesque buildings in the world. - Katedrala Stošije (Zadar Cathedral or Cathedral of St. - Sveučilište u Zadru The university in its current modern form was refounded in 2002, but it was founded 1396, which makes it the oldest university in Croatia, and one of the oldest universities in Europe. - Forum Romanum Remains of the Roman forum - One of the best preserves Roman forums in existence. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in Zadar 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/dubrovnik-to-zadar, 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