Fuel calculators
Quick sums with today’s average prices from the official state price schemes. Nothing to sign up for; your car’s details stay on this device.
Is it worth the drive?
A cheaper servo further away: does the saving beat the extra fuel? Use your location to check the servos near you.
Open calculator →Trip fuel cost
What a drive will cost in fuel at today’s average prices, one way or return, and split between passengers.
Open calculator →Fuel budget
Your weekly, monthly and yearly fuel spend from the kilometres you drive, and what a cheaper servo is worth.
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Fuel cost of popular drives
One way in a medium car (8 L/100 km) on unleaded at today’s average prices. Open a drive to change the car, fuel or distance.
- Sydney to Brisbane about 915 km · $174.36
- Sydney to Melbourne about 880 km · $167.69
- Sydney to Canberra about 285 km · $55.26
- Sydney to Newcastle about 160 km · $30.49
- Sydney to Wollongong about 85 km · $16.20
- Sydney to Gold Coast about 830 km · $158.16
- Melbourne to Adelaide about 725 km
- Melbourne to Canberra about 660 km · $130.15
- Melbourne to Geelong about 75 km
- Brisbane to Gold Coast about 80 km
- Brisbane to Sunshine Coast about 100 km
- Brisbane to Toowoomba about 125 km
- Brisbane to Cairns about 1,700 km
- Adelaide to Perth about 2,690 km · $518.85
- Perth to Margaret River about 270 km · $52.08
- Perth to Bunbury about 175 km · $33.75
- Hobart to Launceston about 200 km · $39.76
Estimates only, not advice. Real fuel use depends on the car, load, speed, traffic and weather, and prices vary between servos and through the week.