Haldwani to Champawat: Distance, Route and How to Reach
Haldwani to Champawat is 169 km by road, through Tanakpur. Champawat stands at 1,610 m, 1,190 m above Haldwani.
Haldwani to Champawat in numbers
- By road
- 169 km, Haldwani to Champawat
- As the crow flies
- 56 km
- Through
- Tanakpur
- Champawat stands at
- 1,610 m
- Nearest station
- Tanakpur, 75 km by road
- Nearest airport
- Pithoragarh Airport, 78 km by road
The weather now at Champawat, and the next 7 days
For the town's own height, 1,610 m, refreshed through the day. Highs and lows in °C; times IST. Champawat weather: 10 days and every month
Champawat1,610 m
12°CFog
Now, 19:02 IST · wind 5 km/h
- Clear12° 12°Dry
- Mostly clear19° 11°Dry
- Mostly clear21° 12°Dry
- Mostly clear21° 10°Dry
- Clear20° 12°Dry
- Clear18° 11°Dry
- Clear18° 11°Dry
Forecast for 1,610 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
The ways to go from Haldwani
| Way | How | Then |
|---|---|---|
| By car or taxi | 169 km by road through Tanakpur | The whole way by road |
| By bus | Direct buses, listed below with their sources |
The road from Haldwani to Champawat, town by town
The road climbs from 424 m at Haldwani to 1,610 m at Champawat; the climb begins at Tanakpur, 96 km out, and the last 73 km are mountain road.
By bus or shared taxi
Buses
- The 5:00 AM Haldwani to Lohaghat UTC bus (arrives Lohaghat 12:30 PM) goes via Sitarganj, Khatima and Tanakpur and lists Champawat as a stop. The 6:00 AM Nainital to Lohaghat bus takes the same road through Haldwani. (utconline.uk.gov.in)
- Champawat is not a station in UTC's online timetable or booking search (checked 23 Oct 2026), so it cannot be picked as a destination online. The stop lists show it as a stop on the UTC buses to Lohaghat and Pithoragarh that use the Tanakpur road. (utconline.uk.gov.in)
Bus times and fares change with the season: check with the operator on the day.
Good to know on this road
- A 9.8 km Champawat bypass from Mudiyani to Tilaun is being built by the NH division for Rs 99.50 crore, with 7 bridges and 69 culverts. About 7 km of cutting was done by Sep 2026 and the target is December 2027. (amarujala.com, 18 Sept 2026)
- The Champawat district site puts Tanakpur railway station about 75 km from Champawat town and Pantnagar airport about 170 km away, with buses, taxis and jeeps onward. (champawat.nic.in)
- In late Aug and early Sep 2025 the Champawat to Tanakpur highway was closed at Swala for about a week. Vegetables from the plains came up the Haldwani to Devidhura road instead, and a one day trip took about three days. (amarujala.com, 4 Sept 2025)
- On 28 Sep 2026 heavy debris near Singda closed the national highway in Champawat district, along with other roads; no reopening time was given. (amarujala.com, 28 Sept 2026)
Questions about Haldwani to Champawat
169 km by road from Haldwani to Champawat, measured on OpenStreetMap; the road runs through Tanakpur. As the crow flies it is 56 km.
Tanakpur (TPU), 75 km by road to Champawat. From the station the rest is by road.
Pithoragarh Airport (NNS), 78 km by road to Champawat; Pantnagar Airport (PGH), 172 km by road to Champawat; Bareilly Airport (BEK), 178 km by road to Champawat. Check the flights for your dates: the last stretch is always by road.
The 5:00 AM Haldwani to Lohaghat UTC bus (arrives Lohaghat 12:30 PM) goes via Sitarganj, Khatima and Tanakpur and lists Champawat as a stop. The 6:00 AM Nainital to Lohaghat bus takes the same road through Haldwani.
Champawat from other cities
- Champawat weather, now and by month
- Tanakpur to Champawat74 km by road
- Delhi to Champawat406 km by road
From Haldwani to the other places on the road
How we made this page
The road is OpenStreetMap's, routed for a car by two public routers (OSRM and Valhalla), the shorter of the two kept; a town is on it when it lies within a few hundred metres of the line (a village) or 2.5 km (a town centre). Heights are the site's published figures, else a 90 m elevation model, shown as "about". Trains and flights are from the railway and airline timetables, buses and taxis from the operators and the news, each linked where it is used. No drive times: a router's times are plains times. If anything here is out of date, tell us on WhatsApp.
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