Commuting Cost Comparison Calculator
Compare user-priced car, daily transit, annual transit pass and bicycle costs over a 52-week scenario. Custom annual calendar compares car, electric vehicle, public transport and bicycle with explicit fuel, parking, toll and fixed costs.
A QUICK WALKTHROUGH
How to use this tool
- Compare user-priced car, daily transit, annual transit pass and bicycle costs over a 52-week scenario. Custom annual calendar compares car, electric vehicle, public transport and bicycle with explicit fuel, parking, toll and fixed costs.
- Calculate the result.
- Copy the report or download it as TXT.
Formula and units
N = (scheduled − home-working) × 52. Car daily = 2 × one-way distance × cost/unit. Each annual cost = daily cost × N; monthly = annual/12. Pass is a supplied fixed annual price; public cost is the lower available price. Break-even = pass/daily transit. Annual days or weeks × days/week, minus separately entered holidays and home days. No 52-week default. Round-trip distance = 2 × one-way. Fuel L = km × L/100km ÷100, km ÷km/L, or miles ÷mpg × gallon litres. EV kWh = distance × consumption basis. Each cost component is annualized; total/12 and total/commuting days are averages. Parking and tolls are charged once/day or twice/day for one-way-trip pricing.
Scope
Fractional weekly days represent user averages. No holiday calendar is applied. Enter a full commuting-day transit price and a consistent distance unit. A supplied zero pass price is a real zero; blank means no pass comparison. When N = 0, cost per commuting day is undefined. Zero daily transit cost has no finite pass break-even. Home-working output covers only avoided car expense; this is a cost scenario, not a mode recommendation. Enter 0 explicitly for unused costs. Do not overlap holidays and home days. Annual fixed costs remain even with no trips. An all-in distance price may already include fixed costs: avoid double counting. No tariff, calendar, depreciation, tax, emissions or route lookup. Scenario rows use the same selected calendar basis and all cost inputs. Fuel gallon conversions: US 3.785411784 L, imperial 4.54609 L; mile 1.609344 km.
Local processing
Your entries stay in your browser. Copy and TXT export include the inputs, formula and scope.
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Common questions
How should I use the result?
Use it as an arithmetic estimate based on your supplied inputs. Enter 0 explicitly for unused costs. Do not overlap holidays and home days. Annual fixed costs remain even with no trips. An all-in distance price may already include fixed costs: avoid double counting. No tariff, calendar, depreciation, tax, emissions or route lookup. Scenario rows use the same selected calendar basis and all cost inputs. Fuel gallon conversions: US 3.785411784 L, imperial 4.54609 L; mile 1.609344 km.