--- title: "Kandahar to Mazar I Sharif – 3 ways by plane, car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Kandahar to Mazar I Sharif is 581 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kandahar-to-mazar-i-sharif" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kandahar-to-mazar-i-sharif.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Kandahar to Mazar I Sharif [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kandahar&to=Mazar+I+Sharif) [Mazar I Sharif to Kandahar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/mazar-i-sharif-to-kandahar) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 581 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 1\ 3 ways, Mon 2 Nov\ ## 3 ways to travel 581 km apart. Times are the timetables for Mon 2 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 7h 40m quicker than driving for $180 more; for most people the time is worth more. - [**Fly** best 6h 32m$210–320 Estimated **Avoid** · Afghanistan KDH → MZR · one stop via KBL · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kandahar&to=Mazar+I+Sharif) - [**Drive** 14h 10m$70–100 Estimated **Avoid** · Afghanistan 902 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kandahar&to=Mazar+I+Sharif) - [**Taxi** 14h 10m$1,440–1,980 Estimated **Avoid** · Afghanistan one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kandahar&to=Mazar+I+Sharif) Data: [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/) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [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 Afghanistan; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Avoid travel to Afghanistan** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/afghanistan) [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.afg.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. ## Departures today 1. [08:12 → 14:44 6h 32m · 1 change$210–320](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Kandahar&to=Mazar+I+Sharif&date=2026-11-02&time=08%3A00&it=fly) 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 Kandahar to Mazar I Sharif? The fastest way is by plane: about 6h 32m door to door, including the ride to the airport and check-in. The straight-line distance is 581 km. What is the cheapest way from Kandahar to Mazar I Sharif? Fly is the cheapest, from $210. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How long is the flight from Kandahar to Mazar I Sharif? About 1h 16m in the air (KDH → KBL), about 6h 32m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run $210–320; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Mazar I Sharif from Kandahar by road? About 902 km, roughly 14h 10m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $70–100; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Mazar I Sharif Provincial capital in Balkh, Afghanistan Mazar-i-Sharif or Mazar-e-Sharif is a city in northern Afghanistan, serving as the capital and largest city of Balkh Province. It has 12 city districts (nahias) and an estimated population of 568,013 people. Hafiz Abdul Rahman Himat is the current mayor of the city. His predecessor was Mohammad Kazim Tariq. [The Mazar I Sharif guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/mazar-i-sharif) Worth your time - Blue Mosque The shrine marks the burial site of Ali bin Talib, the Prophet Mohammad's cousin and the fourth caliph of Islam. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in Mazar I Sharif 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/kandahar-to-mazar-i-sharif, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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