--- title: "Hyderabad to Chennai – 5 ways by bus, plane, car | Mixroutes" description: "Hyderabad to Chennai is 516 km. Fastest: fly in 4h 16m. Cheapest: bus from ₹1,225. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/hyderabad-to-chennai" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/hyderabad-to-chennai.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Semmozhi_Poonga_4.jpg/1920px-Semmozhi_Poonga_4.jpg" --- ![Chennai](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Semmozhi_Poonga_4.jpg/1920px-Semmozhi_Poonga_4.jpg) # How to get from Hyderabad to Chennai [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hyderabad&to=Chennai) [Chennai to Hyderabad](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/chennai-to-hyderabad) [Eashchand (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Semmozhi_Poonga_4.jpg) **Fastest:** 4h 16m\ by plane, door to door\ **Cheapest:** ₹1,225\ by bus\ **Distance:** 516 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** 3\ from 08:00, Fri 6 Nov\ ## 5 ways to travel 516 km apart. Times are the timetables for Fri 6 Nov, 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 Best if you can wait: the next bus leaves at 20:19 and costs ₹4,500 less than flying, which gets you there about 16h 45m sooner. - [**Bus** best cheapest 8h 51m₹1,225–2,625 Estimated **Disrupted** · India next 4 from 08:00 · FlixBus](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hyderabad&to=Chennai) - [**Fly** fastest 4h 16m₹5,700–8,750 Estimated **Disrupted** · India HYD → MAA · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hyderabad&to=Chennai) - [**Drive** 10h 2m₹4,080–5,100 Estimated **Disrupted** · India 627 km · fuel · tolls extra](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hyderabad&to=Chennai) - [**Taxi** 10h 2m₹11,600–16,600 Estimated **Disrupted** · India one-way cab · tolls extra](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hyderabad&to=Chennai) - [**Train** 13h 15m₹320–1,225 Estimated typically 2 a day · Indian Railways · 12760, 16004, 17652 · from an old timetable, check times with the operator](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hyderabad&to=Chennai) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [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 India; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Tropical Cyclone MURASU-26** [GDACS](https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventid=1001346&episodeid=10&eventtype=TC) [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/india/warnings-and-insurance) [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.ind.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department, GDACS (EC JRC, UN OCHA). ## Departures today 1. [20:19 → 05:10^+1 8h 51m · direct FlixBus IN5211₹1,225–2,625](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Hyderabad&to=Chennai&date=2026-11-06&time=08%3A00&it=trsxiq0) 2. [21:19 → 09:59^+1 12h 40m · direct FlixBus IN5210₹1,275–2,695](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Hyderabad&to=Chennai&date=2026-11-06&time=08%3A00&it=tpkazmo) 3. [22:01 → 18:05^+1 20h 4m · 1 change FlixBus IN4112₹1,760–3,880](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Hyderabad&to=Chennai&date=2026-11-06&time=08%3A00&it=tbvksru) The next departures from 08:00, not the whole day. 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 Hyderabad to Chennai? The fastest way is by plane: about 4h 16m door to door, including the ride to the airport and check-in. The straight-line distance is 516 km. What is the cheapest way from Hyderabad to Chennai? The bus is the cheapest, from ₹1,225. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. Is there a direct train from Hyderabad to Chennai? Not among the trains we read from 08:00: those involve a change, and the fastest takes 13h 15m. The planner checks the rest of the day. How much is the bus from Hyderabad to Chennai? Buses take about 8h 51m and cost ₹1,225–2,625 depending on operator and seat type. This page lists the next 3 from 08:00; the planner has the rest of the day. How long is the flight from Hyderabad to Chennai? About 1h 20m in the air (HYD → MAA); about 4h 16m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run ₹5,700–8,750; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Chennai from Hyderabad by road? About 627 km, roughly 10h 2m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around ₹4,080–5,100; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Buses - FlixBus Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Chennai Capital of Tamil Nadu, India Chennai, also known as Madras, is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. As per the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most-populous city in India and forms the fourth-most-populous urban agglomeration. The city is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, one of the largest metropolitan areas of India. It is administered by the Greater Chennai Corporation, which was incorporated in 1688, and is the second oldest municipal corporation in the world after the City of London Corporation. Being the capital of the state, it houses major government institutions including the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, and the Madras High Court. 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