New Zealand is a country on two big islands: North Island (where the best city Auckland is located) and South Island. Wellington is just between these two islands. To cross the full 2,000 km from one extremity of the North Island to the opposite extremity of the South Island, it might take about 30 hours.

It’s easy to underestimate travelling times in New Zealand. Although distances may seem short on paper, New Zealand roads may be narrower than you are used to, cover hilly terrain and vary from motorways to unsealed gravel roads.

Driving Distances

Here are the driving distances or travel distances between some of the major cities in the country. Each driving distance is expressed in both miles and km. When there is more detailed information about both cities within our site, the driving distance appears in bold.

	1. Auckland	2. Gisborne	509 km (316 miles)
	3. Auckland	4. Hamilton (NZ)	126 km (78 miles)
	5. Auckland	6. Rotorua	235 km (146 miles)
	7. Auckland	8. Taupo	279 km (173 miles)
	9. Auckland	10. Tauranga	210 km (130 miles)
	11. Auckland	12. Wellington	640 km (397 miles)
	13. Auckland	14. Whangarei	171 km (106 miles)
	15. Christchurch	16. Dunedin	361 km (224 miles)
	15. Christchurch	17. Milford	771 km (479 miles)
	15. Christchurch	18. Mt Cook	330 km (205 miles)
	15. Christchurch	19. Nelson	417 km (259 miles)
	15. Christchurch	20. Queenstown	487 km (302 miles)
	15. Christchurch	21. Te Anau	650 km (403 miles)
	15. Christchurch	22. Wanaka	428 km (265 miles)
	15. Christchurch	23. Westport	336 km (208 miles)
	16. Dunedin	17. Milford	410 km (254 miles)
	16. Dunedin	18. Mt Cook	319 km (198 miles)
	16. Dunedin	19. Nelson	799 km (496 miles)
	16. Dunedin	20. Queenstown	281 km (174 miles)
	16. Dunedin	21. Te Anau	289 km (179 miles)
	16. Dunedin	22. Wanaka	276 km (171 miles)
	16. Dunedin	23. Westport	670 km (416 miles)
	2. Gisborne	4. Hamilton (NZ)	400 km (248 miles)
	2. Gisborne	6. Rotorua	291 km (180 miles)
	2. Gisborne	8. Taupo	334 km (207 miles)
	2. Gisborne	10. Tauranga	299 km (185 miles)
	2. Gisborne	12. Wellington	534 km (331 miles)
	2. Gisborne	14. Whangarei	680 km (422 miles)
	4. Hamilton (NZ)	6. Rotorua	109 km (67 miles)
	4. Hamilton (NZ)	8. Taupo	153 km (95 miles)
	4. Hamilton (NZ)	10. Tauranga	108 km (67 miles)
	4. Hamilton (NZ)	12. Wellington	521 km (323 miles)
	4. Hamilton (NZ)	14. Whangarei	297 km (184 miles)
	17. Milford	18. Mt Cook	578 km (359 miles)
	17. Milford	19. Nelson	1145 km (711 miles)
	17. Milford	20. Queenstown	307 km (190 miles)
	17. Milford	21. Te Anau	121 km (75 miles)
	17. Milford	22. Wanaka	366 km (227 miles)
	17. Milford	23. Westport	954 km (592 miles)
	18. Mt Cook	19. Nelson	747 km (464 miles)
	18. Mt Cook	20. Queenstown	271 km (168 miles)
	18. Mt Cook	21. Te Anau	426 km (264 miles)
	18. Mt Cook	22. Wanaka	212 km (131 miles)
	18. Mt Cook	23. Westport	629 km (390 miles)
	19. Nelson	20. Queenstown	850 km (528 miles)
	19. Nelson	21. Te Anau	1024 km (636 miles)
	19. Nelson	22. Wanaka	779 km (484 miles)
	19. Nelson	23. Westport	230 km (142 miles)
	20. Queenstown	21. Te Anau	166 km (103 miles)
	20. Queenstown	22. Wanaka	71 km (44 miles)
	20. Queenstown	23. Westport	659 km (409 miles)
	6. Rotorua	8. Taupo	82 km (50 miles)
	6. Rotorua	10. Tauranga	83 km (51 miles)
	6. Rotorua	12. Wellington	460 km (285 miles)
	6. Rotorua	14. Whangarei	406 km (252 miles)
	8. Taupo	10. Tauranga	165 km (102 miles)
	8. Taupo	12. Wellington	378 km (234 miles)
	8. Taupo	14. Whangarei	450 km (279 miles)
	10. Tauranga	12. Wellington	543 km (337 miles)
	10. Tauranga	14. Whangarei	381 km (236 miles)
	21. Te Anau	22. Wanaka	245 km (152 miles)
	21. Te Anau	23. Westport	82 km (50 miles)
	22. Wanaka	23. Westport	58 km (36 miles)
	12. Wellington	14. Whangarei	818 km (508 miles)

 

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