Fuel cost calculator

Work out what a trip costs in petrol or diesel at today's official price. Enter the distance and your vehicle's average; add a quoted fare to see how much of it is fuel.

Fuel average calculator: your km per litre

Your average, or mileage, is how many kilometres your vehicle covers on one litre. The reliable way to measure it is tank to tank: fill the tank, reset the trip meter, drive as you normally would, then fill it again. Enter the kilometres on the trip meter and the litres the second fill took, and this works out your average, your fuel consumption in litres per 100 km, and what each kilometre costs at today's price.

Your average changes with traffic, speed, load and air conditioning, so a figure from motorway driving will flatter a city trip. Use the one closest to the trip you are costing.

Which price does it use?

Unless you type your own, it uses OGRA's latest official price, which now changes on most working days: petrol is Rs 390.23 and diesel Rs 396.96 a litre. The price at your pump can be slightly higher: OGRA's figure is before secondary freight, the cost of trucking fuel from the depot to each pump.

Common questions

How do I calculate the petrol cost of a trip?

Divide the distance in kilometres by your average in km per litre to get the litres needed, then multiply by the price per litre. A 100 km trip in a car that does 14 km/l needs about 7.1 litres.

How do I work out petrol cost per km?

Divide the price per litre by your average. At Rs 389 a litre, a car doing 14 km/l costs about Rs 27.80 a kilometre in fuel.

Can this tell me whether a fare is fair?

Not on its own, and no fuel calculator honestly can. It tells you how much of a fare is fuel. The rest pays for the driver's time, wear on the vehicle and, on ride-hailing apps, the app's commission, none of which a fuel figure covers.

Does it work for motorcycles and diesel vehicles?

Yes. Choose petrol or diesel and enter the vehicle's own average; a motorcycle's is simply much higher than a car's. The price comes from OGRA's publication for the fuel you choose.

VehicleCheckPK is independent and not affiliated with OGRA or any government department. Results are estimates from the figures you enter.