Example 1
- Distance: 12 km
- Rate: 3/km
- Flag drop: 8
Fare 44
12 km at 3/km + flag drop 8 → 44 (no wait).
Taxi Fare Calculator
Enter distance, the per-kilometer rate, and the flag drop from a tariff. The calculator adds the start fee, distance times rate, and optional waiting time: 12 km at 3 per km and flag drop 8 is 44. Ten minutes of wait at 0.5 adds 5, total 49. This is an educational estimate from your rates, not an official taxi-app quote and not a city tariff table.
Result
Enter distance, rate, and flag drop. The result shows up here.
Take rates from the carrier tariff. Add waiting time if you expect traffic. The model does not add night, holiday, or luggage extras. Driving yourself is on trip fuel cost.
How results are calculated
Flag8
Distance × rate12 × 3
Wait10 × 0.5
Fare49
Formula
fare = flag drop + distance × rate + waiting minutes × per-minute rate
This is the standard taximeter model (flag drop + distance rate + waiting time). The calculator does not load city tariff tables. Waiting is optional: a blank field or zero leaves flag drop and distance.
The model is the classic taximeter fare: flag drop plus distance times rate plus optional waiting time. 12 × 3 + 8 = 44. The same ride with 10 minutes at 0.5 is 49. 25 km at 2.5 per km, flag 10, and 5 minutes at 0.6 is 75.50. 8 km with flag 8 and 3 per km and no wait is 32.
On a longer hop the distance rate dominates: 18 km at 2.8, flag 10, and 8 minutes at 0.5 is 64.40. A 4 km downtown hop at 3 and flag 8 is 20. If you enter a night rate of 3.5 and flag 12 for 12 km, the result is 54 — the calculator does not add night by itself.
Fields are distance, rate per unit, flag drop, waiting time, and rate per minute. Waiting is optional. The US header relabels distance and rate to per mile. An entered 12 is not multiplied by 0.621. A comma in 2.5 and 0.5 parses the same as a dot.
Driving yourself lives on trip fuel cost from economy and pump price. There is no L/100 km or mpg here. Compare two tariffs by changing the rate or the flag and running again.
Entered zero distance leaves the flag drop alone if a start fee is entered. Blank distance does not fill 12 from the example. A minus is rejected. The result is an educational estimate from the tariff you enter. It is not a meter confirmation and not a taxi-app quote.
Enter 12, 3 and 8, click Calculate, and match 44. Add 10 minutes and 0.5: 49. Check the full carrier price list before you go, because luggage and holidays are not in this calculator.
How to use
- Enter trip distance, for example 12 km.
- Enter the per-km rate, for example 3, and the flag drop, for example 8.
- Click Calculate. 12 × 3 + 8 = 44 with no wait.
- Optionally add waiting time and the per-minute rate, for example 10 min and 0.5, to get 49.
- Read the breakdown in the result. Night and luggage extras are not added by the model.
Distance, rate, and flag drop
Fare = flag + distance × rate + wait. 12 km at 3 per km and flag drop 8 is 44. A 10 min wait at 0.5 adds 5.
- distance
- Trip length in the header unit. 12 km × 3 + 8 = 44. 8 km at the same flag is 32 when wait is blank.
- rate
- Price per distance unit. 3 at 12 km. A longer 18 km hop at 2.8 and flag 10 is another pair of numbers.
- flag
- The start fee (flag drop). Flag 8 at 12 km. The calculator does not add night, holiday, or luggage extras.
- wait
- Optional minutes × per-minute rate. 10 × 0.5 = 5. A blank field does not change the distance result.
Usage examples
Examples below use km and a per-km rate — Fill loads those values into the form.
In US mode, examples convert distance and rate to miles (same fare). Labels and results follow the header units.
Example 2
- Distance 12 km, rate 3/km, flag 8
- Waiting: 10 min @ 0.5/min
Fare 49
12 km + flag drop 8 + 10 min × 0.50 → 49 (wait in traffic).
Example 3
- Distance: 25 km
- Rate 2.5/km, flag 10
- Waiting: 5 min @ 0.6/min
Fare 75.50
Over a longer distance, the per-km rate dominates the total.
Example 4
- Distance (km): 8
- Rate per km: 3
- Flag drop: 8
32
Short ride: 8 + 8 × 3 = 32 (no wait).
Example 5
- Distance (km): 18
- Rate per km: 2.8
- Flag drop: 10
- Waiting time (minutes): 8
- Rate per minute: 0.5
64.40
Longer hop with wait: 10 + 18 × 2.8 + 8 × 0.5 = 64.40.
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FAQ
How do I calculate a taxi fare?
Add the flag drop, distance times the per-distance rate, and optional wait minutes times the per-minute rate. Example: 12 km at 3/km + flag drop 8 → 44; with 10 min wait at 0.50 → 49.
What does 12 km cost at 3 per km with a flag drop of 8?
44 with no wait. Ten minutes of wait at 0.50 adds 5, for a total of 49. That is an estimate from your rates, not an official tariff.
Is this an Uber, Lyft, or city tariff quote?
No. The calculator uses the numbers you enter. It does not connect to ride apps or an official city tariff table.
Does the result include night or luggage extras automatically?
No. Night, airport, or luggage extras are not added unless you raise the rates or add them to the total yourself.
Is this a free taxi fare calculator?
Yes. Enter distance, rate, flag drop, and optional wait and you see the trip fare at once. No account required.
How does the fare formula work?
Fare is flag drop plus distance times rate plus waiting minutes times the per-minute rate. At 12 km, 3 per km, and flag drop 8 the result is 44. The same ride with 10 minutes of wait at 0.5 is 49. At 25 km, 2.5 per km, flag 10, and 5 minutes at 0.6 the result is 75.50.
What is waiting time for?
Many tariffs charge idle time in traffic. 10 minutes times 0.5 adds 5. The field is optional: leave it blank or enter zero and the result keeps flag drop and distance only.
Does the result include night or luggage extras?
No. The calculator uses the rates you enter. It does not add night, holiday, luggage, airport, or toll extras on its own.
Is this an official city tariff or a taxi-app quote?
No. It is an educational estimate from arithmetic on your fields. Confirmation is on the meter or in the carrier app. The calculator does not load city tariff tables.
Kilometers or miles?
Use the unit shown in the page header. Enter the rate in the same unit as distance.
Does the US switch convert a number you already entered?
No. On an empty field only the label switches to mile. The calculator does not multiply an entered number by 0.621.
What if distance is blank?
The calculator does not compute a fare and does not fill 12 from the example. Flag drop alone is not enough when distance is blank.
Does a decimal comma work in the rate?
Yes. 2.5 and 2,5, and 0.5 and 0,5, mean the same number.
What if distance is zero and a flag drop is entered?
When distance is zero and a start fee is entered, the result is the flag drop alone. Negative numbers are rejected.
How do I compare with driving myself?
Price fuel for the same distance on the trip fuel cost calculator. Here the model stays a taxi tariff, not L/100 km or mpg.
Knowledge sources
The calculator applies the classic taximeter formula to the numbers you enter. Sources below describe the model and transport context — without loading city tariff tables.
- Wikipedia — Taximeter (flag drop / distance / waiting)
- U.S. DOT — transit and passenger transport context
- Wikipedia — International System of Units
Page updated October 15, 2026.