--- title: "Johannesburg to Polokwane – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Johannesburg to Polokwane is 293 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/johannesburg-to-polokwane" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/johannesburg-to-polokwane.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Johannesburg to Polokwane [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Johannesburg&to=Polokwane) [Polokwane to Johannesburg](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/polokwane-to-johannesburg) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 293 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Wed 28 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 293 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 R2,000 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 3h 42m R285–380 Estimated 318 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Johannesburg&to=Polokwane) - [**Taxi** 3h 42m R1,890–2,830 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Johannesburg&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 Johannesburg to Polokwane? The fastest way is by car: about 3h 42m door to door. The straight-line distance is 293 km. What is the cheapest way from Johannesburg to Polokwane? Drive is the cheapest, from R285. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Polokwane from Johannesburg by road? About 318 km, roughly 3h 42m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around R285–380; 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/johannesburg-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