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Car-to-Bicycle Commute Savings

Estimate how much fuel money and CO2 you can save each year, and how many calories you'll burn, by replacing your car commute with a bicycle.

Input

Estimate how much fuel cost and CO2 you could save, and how many extra calories you'd burn, by switching your car commute to a bicycle. Adjust the distance, fuel economy and prices to match your own situation.

km
days
km/L
/L
kg
km/h

Result

Estimated annual fuel cost savings

$41,066.67

CO2 reduced

544 kg

Extra calories burned

83,776 kcal

Annual distance

3,520 km

Breakdown (estimate)

Annual distance3,520 km
Fuel saved234.7 L
Fuel cost saved$41,066.67
CO2 reduced544.4 kg
Time spent cycling195.6 hr
Extra calories burned83,776 kcal

How it works

  • Annual distance is calculated as one-way distance x 2 (round trip) x commuting days per year. Adjust the days and distance to reflect your real commute.
  • Fuel saved is annual distance divided by fuel economy, and fuel cost saved is fuel saved multiplied by the fuel price.
  • CO2 reduction uses a representative figure of about 2.32 kg-CO2 per liter of gasoline. Actual emissions vary by vehicle and driving conditions.
  • Calories burned are estimated as METs (about 6.8) x body weight (kg) x riding time (hr) x 1.05, where riding time is the distance divided by your average cycling speed.
  • Fuel prices, emission factors and other reference values differ by country and region, so use the figures here as rough guidance and enter values that match where you live.
  • All figures assume the entire car commute is replaced by cycling. If you switch only part of your commute, the savings scale down proportionally.

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