Trip Fuel Cost Calculator
Estimate the fuel and money a drive takes from distance, fuel economy and fuel price, split between passengers.
Fuel cost
42.00
- Cost per person
- 42.00
- Fuel used
- 12 US gal · 45.42 L
- Distance driven
- 300 mi · 482.803 km
- Cost per mile
- 0.14
- Cost per km
- 0.09
Show the work
Distance driven
one way
300 mi · 482.803 km
Fuel used: miles ÷ mpg gives gallons, × 3.785411784 liters per US gallon
liters = miles ÷ mpg × liters per gallon
300 ÷ 25 × 3.785411784 = 45.42 L
Price per liter
price per gallon ÷ liters per gallon
3.50 ÷ 3.785411784 = 0.924602 per L
Fuel cost
cost = liters × price per liter
45.42 × 0.924602 = 42.00
How it works
Fuel used = distance ÷ mpg (or distance × L/100 km ÷ 100); cost = fuel used × price per gallon or liter
Questions
- How does the trip fuel cost calculator work?
- Fuel used = distance ÷ mpg (or distance × L/100 km ÷ 100); cost = fuel used × price per gallon or liter.
- What do I need to enter?
- Distance, Distance in, Fuel economy, Economy in, Fuel price, Price per, Trip, People splitting the cost. Optional fields can be left blank.
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