Fuel Cost Calculator

How is Fuel Cost Calculated?

When you are calculating fuel cost for a trip you will need to have the following variables:

1. Distance


2. The vehicle's fuel efficiency


3. Price of fuel

With these values known, you can plug them into this formula to calculate the cost of fuel for the trip: Where:

• FC = Fuel cost


• LN = Liters of fuel needed (automatically calculated with our tool)


• PPL = Price per liter of fuel (also automatically calculated with our tool if your entry is not already in this unit)

Understanding Your Results

Using this tool will get you a single result, a dollar amount. This is the amount of money you can expect to pay in fuel to make your trip. Or it will be the total cost of fuel consumed by your vehicle during the trip.

How to Use the Fuel Cost Calculator

Using our fuel cost tool is great for planning ahead for a trip you are making. Using this calculator is easy and quick. The steps include:

1. Enter the total distance of the trip.


2. Enter the fuel efficiency of the vehicle you will be using.


3. Enter the cost of fuel.


4. Ensure the values you entered are correct and align with the units beside them.


5. Hit calculate and get your fuel cost instantly!

Example Calculation

You are planning a large trip across the state and want to estimate how much it will be costing you in fuel. This is the tool that can help you do that. You have planned out the trip and it will be a total of 1,200 miles. Your car gets about 34 miles per gallon and you will be buying fuel at $2.80.

To use this tool we will enter 1,200 into the distance field and leave the unit as miles, then enter 34 in the fuel efficiency field and leave the unit as miles per gallon, then finally we will enter the cost of fuel to be 2.80 and leave the unit as per gallon. We can now hit calculate and get a fuel cost for the trip of $98.82.