Zaragoza to Logroño distance

Zaragoza to Logroño by road

The fastest driving route is 173 km (107 mi) long and takes about 1 hr 55 min without stops or traffic. Almost all of it is on the AP-68: 155 km of 173 km.

It goes through 3 autonomous communities: Aragon (65.1 km), Navarre (39.6 km), and La Rioja (67.9 km). That’s an average of 90 km/h (56 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, Zaragoza and Logroño are 157 km (97.9 mi) apart. That’s the geodesic on the WGS84 ellipsoid, the distance “as the crow flies”.

The road is 10% longer: for every 100 km in a straight line you drive 110. The route runs almost straight. Of the 120 Spanish driving pairs in this series, it ranks 117th for detour (the average is 24%).

From Zaragoza, Logroño lies to the northwest (bearing 305°), and from Logroño, Zaragoza lies to the southeast.

Halfway between Zaragoza and Logroño

Halfway along the straight line, 78.7 km (48.9 mi) from each city, is the point 42.0639° N, 1.6532° W. It falls near Murchante (Navarre, pop. 4,230), 3.9 km away. The nearest town of 20,000 people or more is Tudela (Navarre, pop. 38,903), 3.9 km away.

By road, the halfway point is 86.3 km (53.6 mi) from each city, near Murchante (Navarre, pop. 4,230), 2.6 km away. The nearest town of 20,000 people or more is Tudela (Navarre, pop. 38,903), 5.6 km away. The two midpoints almost coincide (2.2 km apart), because the road doesn’t stray far from the straight line.

By plane

No flight time is given: under 500 km (311 miles) in a straight line, time at the airport outweighs time in the air.

The two cities

Zaragoza sits at 210 m (689 ft) and Logroño at 381 m (1,250 ft), 171 m (561 ft) higher.

Zaragoza has 693,091 people and Logroño 152,150 people (INE population register, January 1, 2025).