Fuel Cost per Kilometre
In Arabicتكلفة الوقود لكل كيلومتر
What the company pays for fuel for every kilometre a vehicle travels: the cost of fuel used divided by distance.
What is fuel cost per kilometre in fleet management?
Divide the fuel cost for a period by the distance covered, or multiply litres per kilometre by the price per litre. A truck using 35 litres per 100 km with diesel at SAR 1.66 costs about SAR 0.58 a kilometre. The figure combines efficiency and fuel price in one number you can compare across vehicles and periods.
It is one part of cost per kilometre, which adds maintenance, tyres, wages and depreciation.
How it works
- 1Work out the cost of fuel used
- 2Divide it by distance travelled
- 3Compare across vehicles and periods
Why does fuel cost per kilometre matter in fleet management?
Haulage rates and tender prices are built on this number. Underestimate it and you lose money on every trip without noticing. Tracking it monthly shows the effect of fuel price changes and exposes vehicles that now cost more to run than to replace.
What you gain
- Basis for trip and contract pricing
- Fair comparison across vehicles
- Shows the effect of price changes
How does Safee help calculate fuel cost per kilometre?
Safee calculates fuel cost for every trip from fuel used and the price per litre, and sets it beside distance for each vehicle and driver. You get cost per kilometre from real figures rather than a flat assumption, and can price trips and contracts on it.
A field example
A pharmaceutical distributor in Abu Dhabi priced its contracts on a flat fuel cost of AED 0.35 per kilometre. When it worked the figure out per van from its tracking data, the real average was AED 0.42, and the older refrigerated vans reached 0.55 because of the reefer units and idling at hospitals. It repriced new contracts and moved the older vans to shorter routes, lifting the margin on those contracts by four percentage points.
Frequently asked questions
How do I calculate fuel cost per kilometre?
Divide total fuel cost for a period by the kilometres driven in it, or multiply litres per 100 km by the price per litre and divide by 100.
How is it different from cost per kilometre?
Fuel cost is one part of total cost per kilometre, which also covers maintenance, tyres, driver wages, insurance and depreciation.
Why does it differ between two vehicles of the same model?
Driving style, idling, payload, road type and the condition of tyres and engine all change it.
Want to put this to work in your fleet?
Talk to a Safee fleet expert about your vehicles and how you operate, and we will suggest what fits.
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