--- title: "Sharafvand to Arbil – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Sharafvand to Arbil is 307 km. Fastest: drive in 6h 34m. Cheapest: drive from $33. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sharafvand-to-arbil" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sharafvand-to-arbil.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Sharafvand to Arbil [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sharafvand&to=Arbil) [Arbil to Sharafvand](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/arbil-to-sharafvand) **Fastest:** 6h 34m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** $33\ by car\ **Distance:** 307 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** –\ none timetabled\ ## 2 ways to travel 307 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$630 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. No bus, train or ferry timetable came up for this trip. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 6h 34m$33–45 Estimated 413 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sharafvand&to=Arbil) - [**Taxi** 6h 34m$660–910 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sharafvand&to=Arbil) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](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 Iran; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Likely no visa needed for Iraq** · Iran passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iraq/entry-requirements) - **Avoid travel to Iran** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iran) [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.irn.html) - **Do not travel to Iraq** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.irq.html) [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iraq/warnings-and-insurance) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. Visa rules: [Passport Index data](https://github.com/imorte/passport-index-data) (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Sharafvand to Arbil? The fastest way is by car: about 6h 34m door to door. The straight-line distance is 307 km. What is the cheapest way from Sharafvand to Arbil? Driving is the cheapest, from $33. That figure is a fuel estimate, not counting tolls or parking. How far is Arbil from Sharafvand by road? About 413 km, roughly 6h 34m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $33–45; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Arbil Capital and largest city of Kurdistan Region, Iraq Erbil, also called Hawler, is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the capital of the Erbil Governorate. Erbil is described as the region's cultural, economic, industrial, educational and medical hub. [The Arbil guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/arbil) Worth your time - Citadel of Erbil The Citadel is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the centre of the city. - Grand Mosque Erbil's historic central mosque, still open despite renovations on the Citadel. - Kurdish Textile Museum Small museum that displays textiles produced in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as traditional clothing and other artifacts. - Mudhafaria Minaret The 36 m high Mudhafaria Minaret dates back to the late 12th century AD and the reign of Erbil king Muzaffar Al-Din Abu Sa’eed Al-Kawkaboori. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in Arbil Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com/arbil) ## 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/sharafvand-to-arbil, 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