What a Bengaluru Commute Really Costs

What 600+ voluntary commute calculations on commuteimpact.com showed us, from money to CO2.

The median single-mode car commute in this sample costs about Rs.37,140 a year (Rs.3,095 a month, the monthly median times 12), from 146 car commutes.

A map of Bengaluru showing hundreds of real commutes as faint home-to-workplace lines converging on the city's job corridors. — Each faint line is one real commute, home to workplace, from people who used this calculator in Bengaluru. It is a self-selected sample, not a representative survey of the city. The lines show the direction between areas, not the exact roads taken. Rare or isolated trips are removed so no individual can be identified, and all distances and figures are estimates.

Across 341 single-mode commutes, cars and two-wheelers make up most trips: car 42.8%, two-wheeler 36.4%, then metro, bus, and auto.

Based on 600+ voluntary calculations on commuteimpact.com in June 2026: a self-selected sample of people who chose to use our calculator, not a representative survey of Bengaluru. Figures are model estimates; medians shown.