Shimla
Taxi Fare

₹11 per km for an AC sedan, ₹15 for an SUV and ₹23 for a tempo traveller. There is a ₹300 minimum, which is what a short hop inside Shimla actually costs. The rate is our published one rather than a local one; what changes between cities is the distances, and Shimla's are below.

Mall Road to Kufri, 16 km, ₹380, Shimla Station to The Ridge, 2 km, ₹300, Shimla to Narkanda, 65 km, ₹720 and Lakkar Bazaar to Jakhoo Temple, 3 km, ₹300. 8 of the most-asked Shimla journeys are priced on this page. Fares for the journey, not a meter estimate.

There is a ₹300 minimum, and 3 of the Shimla journeys on this page sit at it — Shimla Station to The Ridge at 2 km, Lakkar Bazaar to Jakhoo Temple at 3 km and ISBT Shimla to Christ Church at 4 km. A 2 km hop and a slightly longer one therefore cost the same, because below a certain distance the cost is the car and the driver being committed to you rather than the kilometres covered.

From ₹300 for Shimla Station to The Ridge (2 km), up to ₹720 for Shimla to Narkanda (65 km). Anything at 65 km is really an outstation run rather than a city trip, and it is priced that way.

Shimla Station to The Ridge is 2 km at ₹300. Share your train number when you book and the driver tracks it, so an arrival that runs late does not cost you the booking.

A night surcharge of 25% after 11 PM, and 10% on public holidays. Those are the only two time-based additions, and they are stated before you book.

On the per-km rate, ₹11/km against ₹16-22/km for an app cab in Shimla — about 40% less. An app rate also moves with demand and ours does not, so the gap is widest when you most need a car.

Manali, Chandigarh, Delhi and Dehradun each have their own fare page with their own journeys priced. The per-km rate is the same across all of them; the journeys and the distances are not, which is why they are separate pages rather than one.