Logistics & production
Delivery route time and cost Calculator
Estimate route labour, fuel, vehicle and toll costs per completed stop. This free delivery route time and cost calculator shows the calculation and its assumptions so you can compare your own figures.
Your results
Estimate route labour, fuel, vehicle and toll costs per completed stop.
Calculated outcomes
- Driving Hours
- 4
- Service Hours
- 3.3333
- Route Fuel Litres
- 16.2
- Driver Cost
- €183.33
- Fuel Cost
- €29.16
Assumptions and estimates
- Vehicle cost per kilometre should exclude fuel and driver cost, which are added separately. Distance includes depot returns; loading, breaks, congestion, parking and failed deliveries require additional time or costs.
- Method: Route time = distance ÷ speed + service minutes. Total cost adds driver time, fuel, non-fuel vehicle cost and tolls.
- Include depot returns. Loading, breaks, parking and failed deliveries require additional allowance; exclude fuel and labour from vehicle cost per km.
Useful next steps
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How the delivery route time and cost calculation works
Route time = distance ÷ speed + service minutes. Total cost adds driver time, fuel, non-fuel vehicle cost and tolls.
Include depot returns. Loading, breaks, parking and failed deliveries require additional allowance; exclude fuel and labour from vehicle cost per km.
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 total route cost and route hours and cost per stop, 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
- Full route distance (km)
- 180
- Average driving speed (km/h)
- 45
- Completed delivery stops
- 25
- Service time per stop (minutes)
- 8
- Loaded driver hourly cost (€)
- 25
- Vehicle consumption (L/100 km)
- 9
- Fuel price per litre (€)
- 1.8
- Route tolls (€)
- 6
- Vehicle cost per km excluding fuel and driver (€)
- 0.22
- Total Route Cost
- €258.09
- Route Hours
- 7.3333
- Cost Per Stop
- €10.32