Mumbai to Rameshwaram, distance and route

About 1290 km in a straight line from Mumbai to Rameshwaram in Rameswaram. That figure is a straight-line estimate, not a driving distance. This page pairs it with the way people actually make the trip: the train through Rameswaram, a flight into Madurai, or the road.

Straight line
1290 km
Railhead
Rameswaram
Airport
Madurai
Season
Oct to Mar

The straight-line distance, and what it is not

The number is about 1290 km, measured on the globe between Mumbai and the temple town, then rounded to the nearest ten kilometres. It is a straight-line estimate.Treat it as a way to compare trips, not as a route: the road, the rail line and the air path all bend, and each one runs longer than this figure.

This is the same kind of number as the span on the map page. It tells you whether Mumbaito Rameshwaram is a long day or a multi-day journey, and it is honest about being a calculation rather than a measured route.

Real road distances for this pair are not typed in yet.Data check pending

Routes to Rameshwaram from Mumbai

Train via Rameswaram

The railhead this site treats as the nearest is Rameswaram, and its road distance from the temple town is still unchecked, so no figure is printed here. Over a long distance the train is usually the calmest option: an overnight run from most big cities, then the last leg by bus, jeep, auto or cab.

Flight via Madurai

The nearest airport this site treats is Madurai, and its road distance from the temple is still unchecked, so no figure is printed here. Fly if the trip is short or the distance is long, then take a cab or a train for the rest. At a small airport the last departure of the day can be early, so plan the arrival side carefully.

Road

Island, longest temple corridor. On a road trip the last stretch into the temple town is usually the slowest, and the hill and forest approaches can close in heavy monsoon rain or winter snow. Check the local road status the week you travel.

What Rameshwaram's own source says about coming from a city

Rail. The district says Ramanathapuram has a railway station connected to the major cities of the country by express and passenger trains.

Air. The district gives Madurai airport at about 120 km from Ramanathapuram and Tuticorin (TCR) at about 125 km.

Road. The district gives a bus terminus with mofussil, intra-city and private omnibus services from major cities of Tamil Nadu, and puts Ramanathapuram about 518 km from Chennai.

Train numbers, days of running and flight schedules are not printed here: they change with each timetable. This block records the approach the source describes, and the straight-line figure above is the only distance on this page.

Where this came from
  • Ramanathapuram district, how to reach, district administration, read 19 Oct 2026, the source itself is dated 28 May 2019. The district stamps this page 28 May 2019, so read the flight and train lines as the position then.

Approximate city coordinates used here

The straight-line estimate uses these approximate coordinates, which are the city centre to one decimal place. They are not survey points, and they are only for this calculation.

Approximate coordinates of the origin cities used for the straight-line estimate
CityLatitudeLongitudeThis page
Delhi28.677.2Delhi page
Mumbai19.172.9The estimate above
Ahmedabad23.072.6Ahmedabad page
Kolkata22.688.4Kolkata page
Chennai13.180.3Chennai page
Bengaluru13.077.6Bengaluru page
Hyderabad17.478.5Hyderabad page
Lucknow26.881.0Lucknow page
Patna25.685.1Patna page
Pune18.573.9Pune page
Nagpur21.179.1Nagpur page
Jaipur26.975.8Jaipur page

The temple end uses the coordinates in the site's temple data, which are still placeholder.Data check pending

Before you book the travel

Oct to Mar is the comfortable window, and Open all year. The 22 wells inside the corridor are part of the visit. Decide the mode first, then the day: a train needs booking weeks ahead in festival season, a flight is flexible but the last leg is not, and the road is the one that the weather can change.

Plan the rest of Rameshwaram