What Does A Two-Mile Taxi Ride Cost Around The World? (PHOTOS)

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Least Expensive: New Delhi: $0.90 – $1.58

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Taxi Fare

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Comments

[binq56]

10:23 PM on 11/07/2010

Shanghai is also pretty cheap.

[skumarweb]

02:03 PM on 11/06/2010

No way getting a $1.58 Taxi Ride in Delhi. No Way. A 3 Wheeler Auto Rickshaw, may be.

And be prepared to shell out/haggle with driver during off peak hours.

[opprobrious]

01:55 AM on 11/06/2010

That's a DDS KST-260 on the dash of that LA cab. They should raise their rates and install something developed in the 21st century. ;) (not that anyone cares). carry on...

[2tango]

02:21 PM on 11/05/2010

Oh folks, this is already history. Very soon the American dollar will sink-lower. with a future inflation coming up [already on its way]. at least between now and after x-mas.

In California regular gasoline is already over $3.- a gallon
In wall st market $87.- a oil-barrel, and moving up

[Scandinavian007]

04:22 PM on 11/05/2010

HAA HAA IF we could get gasoline for 3 dollars per gallon we would jump for joy. In Europe 7 dollars, In Finland 7.5 dollars per gallon.

[2tango]

04:29 PM on 11/05/2010

hey Haa Haa. your distances are shorter than ours.

[AirViceMarshalPark]

02:00 PM on 11/05/2010

A lot of the differences have more to do with rates of conversion for the US dollar than the actual cost of the ride. Some countries are hard currency economies where the dollar doesn't buy much.

It also ignores the black market conversion rates. On the Indian subcontinent, you get a lot more Rupees if you convert your dollars through the black market rather than at the "official" rate. This is especially true in Nepal.

[jasev01]

01:49 PM on 11/05/2010

Zurich seriously... those rich bastards , must be nice

[howitis]

01:40 PM on 11/05/2010

i'd like to see these prices compared to the average wages or gas prices in these areas. would be more meaningful.

[Ron Broxted]

01:22 PM on 11/05/2010

As a (ex) Londoner I'd say if it is only 2 miles why not walk? Zurich may be pricey but the wages are sky high.

[Scandinavian007]

04:28 PM on 11/05/2010

And rush our London it will take you 2 hours to take that ride :)

[Ron Broxted]

04:39 PM on 11/05/2010

Plus having a dork of a taxi driver tell you how there are so many blacks, too many.

[booboo111]

01:08 PM on 11/05/2010

Bangkok is really dirt cheap.

[tones]

01:57 PM on 11/05/2010

Thonburi to Siam square only 100 baht. To bad its like 45 mins of traffic o.o

[Bruckley]

12:49 PM on 11/05/2010

Guess I'm in the wrong line of work. If you walk quickly you can cover 2 miles in about a half hour. So if the taxi costs, say, $12, you're saving $24/hour by walking, and you're getting good exercise. I can't believe cabs can charge that much.

[grod805]

01:58 PM on 11/05/2010

Yeah except when you don't have that half hour to walk somewhere.

[Scandinavian007]

04:13 PM on 11/05/2010

Well using a taxi becomes alot cheaper than owning your own car in many big cities in Europe.

[Sennin]

12:34 PM on 11/05/2010

Need those New Delhi prices in the US.

[HeadAches]

12:39 PM on 11/05/2010

Sure, once you make New Delhi wages....

[Scandinavian007]

12:15 PM on 11/05/2010

Main Reason. Gasoline costs alot more in Europe than in USA

[HeadAches]

12:42 PM on 11/05/2010

Not to mention the cars, in many European countries, Mercedes is the most used car as a taxi and normally would kill you tax wise so taxi owners (yes, in Europe, a taxi owner is a small business owner) can write off the car taxes over a set number of years.

[Scandinavian007]

04:12 PM on 11/05/2010

Well i got family members that drive taxis so we have calculated these. And in the long run (that taxis are used) the Mersedes infact becomes a cheaper option that buying a competitors because of Longer maintanance periods, reliability and better resale values etc . So it is not so much of that taxis are nicer cars. And you are right there are tax benefits they get. But still in comparison the gasoline prices pay big part of the costs. And of course Business taxes etc etc.

[John Conry]

12:06 PM on 11/05/2010

Taxis in Cotonou, Benin, were usually between $0.25 and $0.50 for up to a ten mile ride.

[johndanieltucker]

10:07 PM on 11/11/2010

Taxis are cheap in my town, also. Less than .50 (USD) in Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico. What a country!

[qirin]

11:43 AM on 11/05/2010

Oslo has second highest cab rates in the world, but I suppose it's the price one has to pay for world's highest standard of living.

[freefuzz]

11:30 AM on 11/05/2010

that's a german cab you're showing in a city that isn't zürich either..

[svizzera]

12:08 PM on 11/05/2010

Nice catch. Didn't even notice the EU number plate.