City-to-City Intercity Trip Fuel Cost Calculator
Plan your road trip budget across Pakistan motorways and national highways. Estimate exact petrol or diesel fuel costs for popular routes like Lahore to Islamabad (M-2), Karachi to Hyderabad (M-9), or Islamabad to Peshawar (M-1) based on your vehicle's mileage.
Fuel cost on Pakistan's main intercity routes
Road distances along the named highway, with the fuel bill at today's notified rate for a car returning 13 km/L. Adjust with your own mileage in the calculator above — a motorcycle at 50 km/L pays roughly a quarter of these figures, a 1.6-litre sedan in traffic rather more.
| Route | Highway | Distance | Litres | Petrol cost | Diesel cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahore → Islamabad | M-2 | 375 km | 28.8 | PKR 9,735.87 | PKR 10,472.88 |
| Islamabad → Peshawar | M-1 | 155 km | 11.9 | PKR 4,024.16 | PKR 4,328.79 |
| Karachi → Hyderabad | M-9 | 135 km | 10.4 | PKR 3,504.91 | PKR 3,770.24 |
| Lahore → Sialkot | M-11 | 105 km | 8.1 | PKR 2,726.04 | PKR 2,932.41 |
| Lahore → Faisalabad | M-3 / M-4 | 130 km | 10.0 | PKR 3,375.10 | PKR 3,630.60 |
| Lahore → Multan | M-3 / M-4 | 340 km | 26.2 | PKR 8,827.18 | PKR 9,495.42 |
| Multan → Sukkur | M-5 | 390 km | 30.0 | PKR 10,125.30 | PKR 10,891.80 |
| Islamabad → Murree | Murree Expressway | 60 km | 4.6 | PKR 1,557.74 | PKR 1,675.66 |
| Karachi → Sukkur | N-5 | 470 km | 36.2 | PKR 12,202.28 | PKR 13,126.02 |
| Karachi → Quetta | N-25 | 690 km | 53.1 | PKR 17,913.99 | PKR 19,270.11 |
| Lahore → Karachi | M-3 / M-4 / M-5 / N-5 | 1200 km | 92.3 | PKR 31,154.77 | PKR 33,513.23 |
| Islamabad → Naran | N-15 | 270 km | 20.8 | PKR 7,009.82 | PKR 7,540.48 |
One way, fuel only. Motorway tolls are charged separately by the National Highway Authority and are not included.
Planning a long drive
Motorway running is usually kinder to fuel than city driving: steady speed avoids the acceleration and braking that dominates urban consumption. The trade-off is that sustained high speed increases aerodynamic drag, so economy falls away again above about 110 km/h. For budgeting a long trip, your own motorway mileage is a better input than a city average.
Because fuel is priced uniformly across Pakistan, there is no saving to be had by filling up in one city rather than another. What does change your bill is the route: the M-5 between Multan and Sukkur is longer than the old N-5 alignment but faster and steadier, which often works out cheaper in fuel as well as time.
Frequently asked questions
- Does the fuel price change between cities on a long trip?
- No. OGRA notifies one maximum ex-depot price for the whole country, so a litre costs the same in Karachi as in Peshawar. The exception is beyond the 23 designated depots — parts of Balochistan, Azad Kashmir and the northern areas — where oil marketing companies may add secondary freight.
- Should I budget motorway tolls separately?
- Yes. This calculator covers fuel only. Motorway tolls on routes like the M-2 and M-5 are charged per vehicle class and are collected separately by the National Highway Authority, so add them to your trip budget alongside the fuel figure.
- Why is my motorway economy better than my city economy?
- Steady-speed running at motorway cruise avoids the acceleration and braking cycle that dominates city fuel use, and the engine spends more time in its efficient range. Most vehicles return noticeably better km/L on the M-2 than in Lahore traffic, which is why a single average figure understates a long motorway run and overstates an urban commute.
- Is the distance the same in both directions?
- For planning purposes, yes — these are the road distances along the named highway. Your actual figure varies by a few kilometres depending on which interchange you join and where in each city your journey starts and ends.