Some figures are planning assumptions. Some come from dated route snapshots. Weather can be live or cached. Here’s how to tell them apart.
A model default you can change. It has not been confirmed as a current price.
A saved record of one route at a point in time. Conditions can change.
Fetched on request, or stored briefly. Check the timestamp shown.
Choose a category to see its source, freshness and practical limits.
7 source categories
Use your local pump price or charging tariff for a more relevant result.
The default price list has no reproducible provider record. These are not live rates.
Treat the toll amount as a budget allowance, not a toll-plaza quote.
Plaza charges, vehicle classes, exemptions and return discounts are not calculated from verified records.
Replace estimates with your booked fares and hotel prices when you have them.
These are model inputs, not available tickets, hotel quotes or a live booking search.
Check the actual road journey for your exact start, stops and destination.
The remaining legacy distances and place coordinates do not have individual source records. The planner does not perform live road routing.
Useful for road references and comparison; check live navigation before setting off.
A snapshot is one possible route, not live traffic, road access or a guarantee that the planner uses the same distance.
A forecast loads only when you ask for it on a route page.
There is no live road-closure feed. If a forecast cannot load, it must not be treated as current.
A catalogue suggestion or official link does not confirm a service or availability.
Stations, airports, attractions and restaurants may need rechecking. Partner offers are never added to planner estimates.
Enter your actual mileage and pump price in the fuel calculator. In the planner, booked transport and stay amounts replace those estimates.
We distinguish the date a page changes, a price’s reference date, a route snapshot date and an actual source check. Updating the layout does not make old prices current.
Destination photos on South India route pages come from Unsplash (free for commercial use; credit is not required, but we credit every photographer here). Photos were cropped to 16:9 and resized.
The decorative SVG artwork in this release was created for CostMyTrip. It is not a photograph or a map of an actual road. Destination photos are listed with their source and licence under photo credits.
| Data | Used for | Source & licence | Date / freshness | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Known-pair road distances | Planner and route-guide distance for about 157 place pairs | CostMyTrip distance table, carried over from the v27 model; the origin of those figures is not separately documented. Seven Kashmir pairs added in v59 (Srinagar–Gulmarg, Srinagar–Pahalgam, Srinagar–Sonamarg, Jammu–Srinagar, Gulmarg–Pahalgam, Pahalgam–Sonamarg, Gulmarg–Sonamarg) are rounded OSRM routing snapshots checked 8 Oct 2026. | Not dated per pair | Planning assumption |
| Place coordinates | Fallback distance (straight line × road factor), maps links, suggestions | CostMyTrip place catalogue (cities, towns, districts; mandals and villages in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) | Not dated per place | Planning data; may be incomplete |
| Routing snapshots | Comparison distance, road references and distance of towns from the road on route guides | OSRM demo server on OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) | Saved 26 Sep 2026 for most route guides and checked 8 Oct 2026 for the Kashmir guides; each page links its OSRM response | Saved routing snapshot (one possible route, not traffic-aware) |
| Fuel prices | Default fuel price | CostMyTrip indicative state petrol prices; diesel derived as 0.91 × petrol; CNG ₹75/kg and EV ₹8/kWh nationwide assumptions. We have not kept a reproducible record of where the state figures were taken from, so we do not name a provider. | Reference date 17 Sep 2026 | Indicative estimate — enter today's local price |
| Speeds, price bands, fare rates, factors | Travel time, stay, food, fares, cab, rental, buffer, planning range | CostMyTrip planning assumptions, listed in full on How we calculate | Model in use since v27; travel-time allowances revised in October 2026 (see corrections) | Planning assumption |
| Tolls | Toll allowance | ₹/km planning allowance only. Official rates: NHAI Toll Information System | — | Unverified allowance (no toll-plaza records held) |
| Weather | Destination forecast on route guides, on request | MET Norway Locationforecast, CC BY 4.0 | Fetched when you press the button; cached in your browser for up to six hours | Live or cached forecast |
| Stations, airports, bus operators, attractions, food, seasons | Transport options, itinerary ideas, route-guide sections | CostMyTrip destination and transport catalogue (v27) | Service availability not re-verified | Catalogue options / planning ideas |
| Official tourism and booking links | Links on route guides and in Trip check | The linked official sites (state tourism boards, temple trusts, IRCTC, AAI, state transport undertakings) | Some links carry the date the link was checked; content on those sites is theirs | Link only — a link does not verify a service, fare or connection |
| Hyderabad–Srisailam forest road | Reference guidance on that route guide | News reports (Sakshi Post, Feb 2022; Deccan Chronicle, Feb 2025). No current official notice was found. | Sources checked 8 Oct 2026 | Reference guidance, not verified current access information |
Data files ship with site releases. There is no automatic price-refresh pipeline. Known limitations include unverified tolls, fares and hotel prices; incomplete per-item provenance; and no systematic comparison against actual trip spending. See our editorial approach.
Include the page, the figure and a dated source if you have one.