Rishikesh to Munsiyari: Distance, Route and How to Reach
Rishikesh to Munsiyari is 401 km by road, through Srinagar, Gwaldam and Bageshwar. Munsiyari stands at 2,200 m, 1,820 m above Rishikesh.
Rishikesh to Munsiyari in numbers
- By road
- 401 km, Rishikesh to Munsiyari
- As the crow flies
- 187 km
- Through
- Srinagar, Gwaldam, Bageshwar
- Munsiyari stands at
- 2,200 m
- Highest on the way
- Kalamuni, about 2,730 m
- Nearest station
- Tanakpur, 275 km by road
- Nearest airport
- Pithoragarh Airport, 124 km by road
- With us
- 5 days from Delhi
The weather now at Munsiyari, and the next 7 days
For the town's own height, 2,200 m, refreshed through the day. Highs and lows in °C; times IST. Munsiyari weather: 10 days and every month
Munsiyari2,200 m
9°CClear
Now, 19:01 IST · wind 2 km/h
- Clear11° 2°Dry
- Mostly clear16° 2°Dry
- Partly cloudy15° 2°0.5 mm
- Mostly clear16° 2°Dry
- Partly cloudy15° 2°Dry
- Mostly clear16° 1°Dry
- Mostly clear16° 1°Dry
Forecast for 2,200 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
The road from Rishikesh to Munsiyari, town by town
The road climbs from about 380 m at Rishikesh to 2,200 m at Munsiyari; the climb begins at Srinagar, 103 km out, and the last 298 km are mountain road. The highest point on the way is Kalamuni, at about 2,730 m.
| Town | From Rishikesh | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Devprayag | 70 km | about 480 m |
| Srinagar | 103 km | about 580 m |
| Gauchar | 159 km | about 820 m |
| Gwaldam | 235 km | about 1,920 m |
| Bageshwar | 277 km | 1,004 m |
| Kapkot | 299 km | about 1,070 m |
| Kalamuni | 385 km | about 2,730 m |
| Munsiyari | 401 km | 2,200 m |
Temples beside this road: Baijnath Temple, 257 km from Rishikesh and Bagnath Temple, 277 km from Rishikesh.
By train or by air
No direct train from Rishikesh is in the timetables we checked (22 Oct 2026). The stations nearest Munsiyari are Tanakpur station (275 km by road), Kathgodam station (278 km by road) and Haldwani station (287 km by road): each page has every train that runs there.
No direct flight from Rishikesh is listed for the airports near Munsiyari: Pithoragarh Airport (124 km by road). The airport pages have every flight that lands there.
Good to know on this road
- Munsiyari has two road approaches, the Thal to Munsiyari road and the Jauljibi to Munsiyari road. Heavy rain in mid August 2026 closed both: debris at Girgaon, Nai Basti and Harariya on the Thal road after the Jhekla nala flooded, and at Ghingharani on the Jauljibi road. (amarujala.com, 14 Aug 2026)
- Snow closes the Thal road at Kalamuni. After the Basant Panchami snowfall in January 2026, about 8 km from Kalamuni to Nai Basti stayed under snow five days later; a truck stuck near Kalamuni caused a long jam, and the SDM told BRO to clear it. (amarujala.com, 27 Jan 2026)
- Heavy snow shut the Thal to Munsiyari road between Eco Park and Kalamuni from 27 Feb 2025 for about three days until GREF cleared it with a JCB. Meanwhile vehicles went round via Madkot and Jauljibi. (amarujala.com, 2 Mar 2025)
- In the first snowfall of December 2024 the road near Kalamuni closed; traffic from Munsiyari towards Thal, Almora and Haldwani was sent via Madkot, about 10 km extra, and the road reopened late the same evening. (amarujala.com, 10 Dec 2024)
- The Pithoragarh district page for Munsyari gives about 90 km by road from the district headquarters, about 94 km from Naini Saini airport, about 300 km from Kathgodam station, and an altitude of 2,135 m. (pithoragarh.nic.in)
- Pithoragarh police listed the Thal to Munsyari road closed by heavy rain and falling stones on 19 Aug 2025 and still closed on 22 Aug 2025, while other national and state highways were open. (english.punjabkesari.com, 22 Aug 2025)
- Debris and boulders near Bunik closed the Thal to Munsiyari road for about 12 hours, from about 8 PM on 18 Jun 2025 to 8 AM next morning. (amarujala.com, 20 Jun 2025)
- On 11 Sep 2026 a loaded truck got stuck in debris near Girgaon on the Thal to Munsiyari road and blocked both directions for about an hour until PWD pulled it out with a JCB. (amarujala.com, 11 Sept 2026)
Staying at Munsiyari
62 places to stay in Munsiyari, each on the map with the peaks in view and a link to book. Before you pack: Munsiyari weather, every month on 30 years of data.
Questions about Rishikesh to Munsiyari
401 km by road from Rishikesh to Munsiyari, measured on OpenStreetMap; the road runs through Srinagar, Gwaldam and Bageshwar. As the crow flies it is 187 km.
Not in the timetables we checked (22 Oct 2026). The nearest station to Munsiyari is Tanakpur, 275 km by road; every train that runs there is on its page.
Tanakpur (TPU), 275 km by road to Munsiyari; Kathgodam (KGM), 278 km by road to Munsiyari; Haldwani (HDW), 287 km by road to Munsiyari. From the station the rest is by road.
Pithoragarh Airport (NNS), 124 km by road to Munsiyari. Check the flights for your dates: the last stretch is always by road.
Munsiyari from other cities
- Munsiyari: the whole guide
- Dehradun to Munsiyari447 km by road
- Lucknow to Munsiyari594 km by road
- Bareilly to Munsiyari377 km by road
- Haridwar to Munsiyari427 km by road
- Moradabad to Munsiyari381 km by road
- Tanakpur to Munsiyari274 km by road
From Rishikesh 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.
About Adi Kailash Explore
Adi Kailash Explore (adikailash.io) is a tour operator based in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, that specialises in one route: Adi Kailash and Om Parvat, the Darma valley and Munsiyari. It runs departures from Delhi, Haldwani and Pithoragarh, and its team files the Inner Line Permit for every Adi Kailash traveller at SDM Dharchula. It is recognised by Uttarakhand Tourism, certified by MSME, Govt. of India (UDYAM-UK-09-0012927) and verified on the NIDHI Portal, and was founded by Vinay Verma. Why travel with us
