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Car versus public transport commute Calculator
Compare yearly commuting costs and travel time. This free car versus public transport commute calculator shows the calculation and its assumptions so you can compare your own figures.
Your results
Compare yearly commuting costs and travel time.
Calculated outcomes
- Annual Public Transport Cost
- €828.00
- Annual Car Hours
- 161
- Annual Public Hours
- 207
- Car Cost Including Time
- €2,154.18
- Public Cost Including Time
- €828.00
- Annual Commute Km
- 5,520 km
Assumptions and estimates
- Distance and time are daily return totals. Car other cost per km should include your allowance for tyres, maintenance and depreciation; fixed insurance/tax are omitted if paid regardless. Public-transport fares are entered after any applicable ticket discount; no tax relief assumed.
- Method: Return-distance fuel plus parking and per-km car cost versus entered public fare; value time separately.
- Enter ticket costs yourself. Car fixed costs paid regardless are excluded; include depreciation/maintenance per km as needed.
Useful next steps
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How the car versus public transport commute calculation works
Return-distance fuel plus parking and per-km car cost versus entered public fare; value time separately.
Enter ticket costs yourself. Car fixed costs paid regardless are excluded; include depreciation/maintenance per km as needed.
Using this calculator
- Enter your own figures in the labelled inputs. Keep the currencies, units and time periods consistent.
- Choose any applicable rate profile, pattern or assumption shown for this tool. Open additional inputs when relevant.
- Review public transport cash saving and annual car cost, then read the stated assumptions and eligibility conditions before using the result.
Worked example
This is a static example using illustrative inputs, not facts about you or today’s date. The displayed eligibility selections and assumptions apply only to this example.
See example inputs
- Daily return car distance (km)
- 40
- Commute days per week
- 3
- Commute weeks per year
- 46
- Car consumption (L/100 km)
- 6.5
- Fuel price (€/L)
- 1.85
- Daily parking (€)
- 6
- Other variable car cost (€/km)
- 0.12
- Daily return public fare (€)
- 6
- Daily car return time (minutes)
- 70
- Daily public return time (minutes)
- 90
- Optional value of time (€/hour)
- 0
- Public Transport Cash Saving
- €1,326.18
- Annual Car Cost
- €2,154.18