--- title: "Durban to Polokwane – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Durban to Polokwane is 680 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/durban-to-polokwane" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/durban-to-polokwane.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Durban to Polokwane [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Durban&to=Polokwane) [Polokwane to Durban](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/polokwane-to-durban) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 680 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Thu 29 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 680 km apart. Times are the timetables for Thu 29 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 R5,600 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 10h 18m R780–1,040 Estimated 877 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Durban&to=Polokwane) - [**Taxi** 10h 18m R5,200–7,800 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Durban&to=Polokwane) 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 Durban to Polokwane? The fastest way is by car: about 10h 18m door to door. The straight-line distance is 680 km. What is the cheapest way from Durban to Polokwane? Drive is the cheapest, from R780. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Polokwane from Durban by road? About 877 km, roughly 10h 18m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around R780–1,040; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Polokwane City in Limpopo, South Africa Polokwane, formerly and sometimes also known as Pietersburg, is the capital city of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. It is the country's largest urban centre north of Gauteng. It was also one of the nine host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [The Polokwane guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/polokwane) [Hotels in Polokwane 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/durban-to-polokwane, 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