Route from Ipswich to Portsmouth
The distance between Ipswich and Portsmouth is 158 miles. Travel time is 2 hours and 43 minutes.

Driving directions from Ipswich to Portsmouth
What's the cost of a drive from Ipswich to Portsmouth?
The journey, powered by petrol, sets you back £27.4. In this calculation, we're crunching numbers based on a petrol price of 143 pence per liter and a car's thirst of 37.5 miles per gallon. If you're carpooling with a buddy, that's £13.7 each (£27.4 divided by 2). With a trio onboard, it drops to around £9.13 a head (£27.4 divided by 3), and with a full car of four, it's a mere £6.85 per person (£27.4 divided by 4).
Let's dig into the math behind it. The fuel expenditure hinges on the distance covered and the car's efficiency. For this particular jaunt, you're looking at guzzling down roughly 19.2 liters of fuel. Crunching the numbers, that's where the £27.4 total comes from for the trip from Ipswich to Portsmouth.
A lot of things can have a big effect on how much petrol a car uses, but the most common ones are:
- Driving Habits: Aggressive driving habits like speeding, accelerating quickly, and stopping and starting often can use a lot more petrol.
- Maintenance on Your Vehicle: Regular oil changes, tire rotations, and engine tune-ups are all parts of good maintenance that keep your car running at its best. If you don't do upkeep, your car may use more petrol and be less efficient with it.
- Car Type: Some of the things that affect how much fuel a car uses are its make and model, its engine size, its weight, its aerodynamics, and its fuel economy rating.
- Conditions of the Road: Things like traffic jams, bad roads, changes in elevation, and the weather can all affect how much petrol you use. It takes more petrol to drive stop-and-go in heavy traffic or uphill than to drive steadily on a highway on flat ground.
- Importance of Fuel Quality: The octane number and additives in the fuel can affect how well it works. Fuels of lower quality may make engines less efficient and cause them to use more fuel.
- Route: The path you take can change how much petrol you use. It is possible to use less petrol by choosing roads with slower speed limits, less traffic, and fewer stops.
- Cargo: Having extra weight in the car, like big cargo or roof racks, makes the aerodynamic drag higher and needs more fuel to keep the speed constant, which means higher fuel use.
Diesel cost from Ipswich to Portsmouth.
The trip with diesel fuel costs 17.3 £ (151p/lt, 62.7 mpg).
For 2 passengers: 8.65 £ (17.3/2) /p.
For 3 passengers: 5.77 £ (17.3/3) /p.
For 4 passengers: 4.33 £ (17.3/4) /p.
Alternative routes from Ipswich to Portsmouth
The most time-consuming route from Ipswich to Portsmouth spans a distance of 150.17 miles and requires a travel time of 3 hours and 13 minutes.
Which is the cheapest route from Ipswich to Portsmouth by car?
The cheapest route from Ipswich to Portsmouth is the second suggested route (150mi, 3h 13min) and costs 26 £ (petrol fuel cost, 143p/lt, 37.5mpg).
The most expensive route from Ipswich to Portsmouth is the first suggested route (158mi, 2h 43min) and costs 27.4 £.
For greater safety, the driver should choose the route that passes through the highway (median barrier) and not through smaller roads (curves in the road, bad road conditions, no median barrier).
How to get from Ipswich to Portsmouth?
There are two suggested routes. The fastest route is 158mi (distance from Ipswich to Portsmouth) and its duration is 2h 43min. The slowest route is 150mi, and its duration is 3h 13min.
RouteCalculator provides you with the information to prepare your trip from Ipswich to Portsmouth by car or motorbike. It offers you alternative road routes that you can follow to go from Ipswich to Portsmouth. It provides driving directions from Ipswich to Portsmouth, i.e. where to turn and when, distance of the Ipswich - Portsmouth route, travel time, display of the route on the map, fuel cost (petrol, diesel) and toll (if exist) cost.
In case you share the journey (carpooling) from Ipswich to Portsmouth with other people or friends, RouteCalculator provides the cost of the journey and the amount that each passenger will have to pay.
Where is Ipswich located?
Ipswich is located in Suffolk county and in England. It is situated at an altitude of 6 meters above sea level. Ipswich has coordinates 52.0567360o,1.1482200o. RouteCalculator provides a map of Ipswich from which you can plan your trips to other UK cities.
What is the location of Portsmouth?
Portsmouth is located in Hampshire county and in England. It is situated at an altitude of 4 meters above sea level. Portsmouth has coordinates 50.8197675o,-1.0879769o. RouteCalculator provides a map of Portsmouth from which you can plan your trips to other UK cities.
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