--- title: "Paka to Ipoh – 3 ways by car, plane, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Paka to Ipoh is 261 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/paka-to-ipoh" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/paka-to-ipoh.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Paka to Ipoh [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Paka&to=Ipoh) [Ipoh to Paka](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ipoh-to-paka) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 261 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 2\ 3 ways, Tue 27 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 261 km apart. Times are the timetables for Tue 27 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 25 min quicker than flying and RM530 cheaper. - [**Drive** best 6h 36m RM95–130 Estimated 490 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Paka&to=Ipoh) - [**Fly** 7h RM510–880 Estimated KUA → PEN · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Paka&to=Ipoh) - [**Taxi** 6h 36m RM650–970 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Paka&to=Ipoh) 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/) · [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 Malaysia; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Parts of Malaysia are advised against, not on this route** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/malaysia/warnings-and-insurance) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0). ## Departures today 1. [08:01 → 15:01 7h · direct RM580–880](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Paka&to=Ipoh&date=2026-10-27&time=08%3A00&it=fly-1) 2. [08:04 → 15:39 7h 35m · 1 change RM510–770](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Paka&to=Ipoh&date=2026-10-27&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 Paka to Ipoh? The fastest way is by car: about 6h 36m door to door. The straight-line distance is 261 km. What is the cheapest way from Paka to Ipoh? Drive is the cheapest, from RM95. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How long is the flight from Paka to Ipoh? About 1h in the air (KTE → SZB), about 7h door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run RM510–880; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Ipoh from Paka by road? About 490 km, roughly 6h 36m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around RM95–130; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Ipoh State capital city in Perak, Malaysia Ipoh is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Perak. Located on the Kinta River, it is nearly 200 km (120 mi) north of Kuala Lumpur and 150 km (93 mi) southeast of George Town in neighbouring Penang. As of the 2020 census, Ipoh had a population of 759,952, making it the ninth-largest city in Malaysia by population and the fourth most populous state capital, after Johor Bahru, Shah Alam and George Town. [The Ipoh guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/ipoh) Worth your time - Birch Memorial Clocktower Dedicated to the first British Resident Minister of Perak who was murdered by a local Malay chief. - Ipoh Railway Station One of the three grand British-built stations on the former Malayan network. - Ipoh Town Hall and Law Courts The two buildings opposite the Railway Station, in neoclassical style. - Muzium Darul Ridzuan An interesting historical museum of Perak in a former tin-mining tycoon's pretty mansion. 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