Valencia to Benidorm distance

Valencia to Benidorm by road

The fastest driving route is 140 km (87.0 mi) long and takes about 1 hr 40 min without stops or traffic. It runs mostly on the AP-7 (119 km) and the V-31 (13.0 km).

The whole route stays in the Valencian Community. That’s an average of 86 km/h (53 mph), and at under two hours you can do it without stopping. The time is OSRM’s estimate with OpenStreetMap data: no traffic and speeds somewhat below the limits, so real trips can differ.

Straight-line distance and bearing

In a straight line, the shortest distance over the Earth’s surface, Valencia and Benidorm are 106 km (65.6 mi) apart. That’s the geodesic on the WGS84 ellipsoid, the distance “as the crow flies”.

The road is 33% longer: for every 100 km in a straight line you drive 133. That’s a big detour: the fastest route strays quite far from the straight line. Of the 120 Spanish driving pairs in this series, it ranks 23rd for detour (the average is 24%).

From Valencia, Benidorm lies to the south (bearing 168°), and from Benidorm, Valencia lies to the north.

Halfway between Valencia and Benidorm

Halfway along the straight line, 52.8 km (32.8 mi) from each city, is the point 39.0048° N, 0.2522° W. It falls near Xeresa (Valencia, pop. 2,418), 3.1 km away. The nearest town of 20,000 people or more is Gandia (Valencia, pop. 83,135), 7.6 km away.

By road, the halfway point is 70.0 km (43.5 mi) from each city, in el Real de Gandia (Valencia, pop. 2,722). The nearest town of 20,000 people or more is Gandia (Valencia, pop. 83,135), 2.5 km away. The two midpoints almost coincide (7.4 km apart), because the road doesn’t stray far from the straight line.

The two cities

Valencia and Benidorm sit at almost the same elevation: 13 m (43 ft) and 12 m (39 ft).

Valencia has 840,792 people and Benidorm 77,327 people (INE population register, January 1, 2025).