GAS PRICES ARE RIDICULOUS! Just when you thought it was safe to travel again, and those shiny pandemic RVs and campers are beckoning us to take them on a long holiday, we are seeing the highest prices of gasoline ever, and diesel is worse! Four years ago, they couldn’t give oil away, and now we are looking at five dollars per gallon gasoline in some places and over six for diesel. It’s time to get smarter on road trips, and that means doing the math. The good news is that we're here to help.
The Road Travel Calculator computes useful information for road traveling including:
- Cost to Drive: Fuel costs based on distance traveled, miles per gallon of vehicle, and dollars per gallon for fuel.
- Gas Mileage Equation: MPG based on two odometer readings and fuel consumed.
- Gas Mileage: MPG based on miles traveled and fuel consumed.
- Mileage Expense: Cost of travel based on mileage rate and distance traveled.
- Mileage Tax Deduction: Expense allocation based on miles traveled and category of travel (see below).
- Time to Travel: Time driving based on average speed and distance.
- Time to Overtake: Time to intercept based on distance between vehicles and average speed of both
- Fuel Price Conversions:
Money and Travel
The US Mileage Rate for Business Travel shows the dollars per mile deduction for business travel for the calendar year. The most recently queried information from the IRS website on mileage includes:
Mileage Calendar Year: 2024
- $0.67 USD/mi: Mileage Deduction for Business Travel
- $0.21 USD/mi: Mileage Deduction for Moving or Medical Travel
- $0.14 USD/mi: Mileage Deduction for Charitable Donation Travel
Use these deductions rates in the Mileage Tax Deduction Calculator. It computes tax deductions from miles travelled. Just enter the miles traveled and see the dollar amount associates for business, moving or medical, and charitable work.
Dollar per Gallon vs Other Currencies per Liter
International travel poses a several challenges, even if it's just over the border to Canada or Mexico. First, there is the conversion from liters to gallons, which is fixed, and then there's the conversion between the US dollar and other currency, which is constantly changing. vCalc is here to help. We know how to do the math and we keep track of currency fluctuations, and the result makes it easier on you.
Fuel and Currency Conversions
Here are several examples to compute U.S. Dollars per Gallon (DPG $/gal) from .....
- € EPL = Euros per Liter
- Can$ CPL = Canadian Dollars per Liter
- £ PPL = Great Britain Pounds per Liter
- ₱ PPL = Mexican Pesos per Liter
- ₹RPL = Indian Rupees per Liter
- ¥CYPL = Chinese Yuan per Liter
- ADPL = Australian Dollars per Liter
- ¥JYPL = Japanese Yen per Liter
- ₽RPL = Russian Rubles per Liter
The formula to convert Euros per Liter to U.S. Dollars per Gallon is:
`DPG = € EPL * (3.7854 " Liters")/(1.0 " U.S. Gallons") * ($1.0 " USD")/( "€ 0.969 EUR")`
The formula to convert Canadian Dollars per Liter to U.S. Dollars per Gallon is:
`DPG = Can$ CPL * (3.7854 " Liters")/(1.0 " U.S. Gallons") * ($1.0 " USD")/( "$ 1.444 CAD")`
The formula to convert Great Britain Pounds (Sterling) per Liter to U.S. Dollars per Gallon is:
`DPG = £ PPL * (3.7854 " Liters")/(1.0 " U.S. Gallons") * ($1.0 " USD")/( "£ 0.804 GBP")`
The formula to convert Mexican Pesos per Liter to U.S. Dollars per Gallon is:
`DPG = ₱ PPL * (3.7854 " Liters")/(1.0 " U.S. Gallons") * ($1.0 " USD")/( "₱20.619 MXN")`
The formula to convert Indian Rupees per Liter to U.S. Dollars per Gallon is:
`DPG = ₹RPL * (3.7854 " Liters")/(1.0 " U.S. Gallons") * ($1.0 " USD")/( ₹ "85.761 INR")`
The formula to convert Chinese Yuan per Liter to U.S. Dollars per Gallon is:
`DPG = ¥CYPL * (3.7854 " Liters")/(1.0 " U.S. Gallons") * ($1.0 " USD")/( "¥ 7.311 CNY")`
The formula to convert Australian Dollars per Liter to U.S. Dollars per Gallon is:
`DPG = ADPL * (3.7854 " Liters")/(1.0 " U.S. Gallons") * ($1.0 " USD")/( "$ 1.609 AUD ")`
The formula to convert Japanese Yen per Liter to U.S. Dollars per Gallon:
`DPG = ¥JYPL * (3.7854 " Liters")/(1.0 " U.S. Gallons") * ($1.0 " USD")/( "¥ 157.27 JPY")`
The formula to convert Russian Rubles per Liter to U.S. Dollars per Gallon is:
`DPG = ₽RPL * (3.7854 " Liters")/(1.0 " U.S. Gallons") * ($1.0 " USD")/( ₽ "110.496 RUB")`
Note the currency exchange rates are updated every two minutes.
Additional Fuel Price Conversions:
- US Dollars per Gallon from India Rupees per Liter
- US Dollars per Gallon from Japanese Yen per Liter
- US Dollars per Gallon from Chinese Yuan per Liter
- Compare US Dollars per Gallon vs Canadian Dollars per Liter prices
- Fuel per Mile: This computes the fuel consumed per unit traveled (e.g. gallons per mile).