Estimate fuel used and petrol expense across a delivery shift, including unpaid positioning and return travel. See daily, monthly, per-kilometre, and optional per-order fuel costs.
Use one currency consistently. Results update as you type.
Enter non-negative distances and orders, plus positive mileage, petrol price, and working days.
Formula and example
Petrol cost formula
Cost = (Distance ÷ Mileage) × Price
For example, a rider covers 80 km on deliveries plus 12 km travelling to a zone, repositioning, and returning home. At 40 km/L, let P be the entered local price per litre.
Daily distance
80 + 12
92 km
Daily fuel
92 ÷ 40
2.3 L
Daily cost
2.3 × P
Your total
Illustrative reference
Typical motorcycle and scooter economy for a 90 km delivery shift, including unpaid travel. Replace these ranges with mileage measured across your own shifts.
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Use the current pump price in your currency. It is not fetched automatically.
Delivery vehicles
km/L| Vehicle | Fuel economy | Fuel / day | Cost / day | Cost / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light commuter bike | 55–65 | 1.50 L | — | — |
| Standard commuter bike | 45–50 | 1.89 L | — | — |
| Mid-size commuter bike | 45–50 | 1.89 L | — | — |
| Sport commuter bike | 40–45 | 2.12 L | — | — |
| Larger commuter bike | 38–42 | 2.25 L | — | — |
| Light city scooter | 50–55 | 1.71 L | — | — |
| Comfort scooter | 42–48 | 2.00 L | — | — |
| Urban scooter | 48–52 | 1.80 L | — | — |
Based on a 90 km trip using the midpoint of each economy range. Add a petrol price to see daily and monthly cost.
How to use it
Enter kilometres covered while completing deliveries. Add unpaid, repositioning, pickup-area, and return-home distance. Enter real delivery mileage in km/L and the current petrol price per litre. Choose expected working days and optionally enter completed orders per day.
Review daily and monthly fuel, expense, cost per kilometre, and cost per order. Currency is a label only; no live prices are fetched.
Enter kilometres covered while completing deliveries.
Add repositioning, pickup-area and return-home distance.
Enter completed orders to see average fuel cost per order.
Rider fuel guide
Order distance may omit travel before accepting an order, movement toward pickup locations, repositioning between delivery zones, cancelled-order travel, and the ride home. Leaving these kilometres out understates petrol consumption.
Track the odometer at the start and end of several full shifts. This whole-shift distance is usually more useful for expense planning than adding only customer-facing route estimates.
Urban traffic, repeated starts, idling, short trips, gradients, weather, passenger or cargo weight, tyre pressure, chain condition, engine maintenance, and riding behaviour can change motorcycle or scooter fuel efficiency.
Calculate observed mileage across several refills: distance travelled ÷ litres refilled. Use a representative delivery-period average, not an unsupported manufacturer claim.
This tool covers petrol expense. It excludes oil, servicing, tyres, brakes, repairs, insurance, registration, depreciation, phone and mobile data, equipment, parking, penalties, taxes, platform fees, and the rider's time.
It also does not estimate delivery income, tips, bonuses, incentives, commissions, or profit. Use the result as one input in a broader operating-cost record.
This page is designed for motorcycle and scooter delivery shifts, where orders and unpaid repositioning shape fuel use. It should not replace the ride-share driver calculator or a commercial vehicle calculator, which require different operating patterns and cost categories.
For a single journey, use the trip petrol calculator. For vehicle mileage basics, see the petrol expense guide.
The calculator keeps full precision internally and rounds displayed results. It assumes entered distance, mileage, petrol price, working days, and orders remain representative. Zero mileage cannot produce a fuel estimate, and zero orders leaves per-order cost blank.
Actual routes, traffic, fuel price, and consumption vary by shift. Review the shared calculation methodology. Last reviewed: 17 September 2026.
FAQ
Answers about rider distance, mileage, monthly expense, and fuel cost per order.
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