Trip cost
Chennai from Delhi: trip cost
For 2 travellers sharing a room, a 7-day trip to Chennai from Delhi comes to about $1,214 (about $1,299 with a 7% buffer), including flights, stay, food, local transport and activities. Flights are the typical observed range, $178 to $190 per person, last observed 19 Sep 2026.
Complete trip estimate, 7 days, 2 travellers
Shown for a default of 7 days and 2 travellers sharing one room. Those are our defaults, not your plans: change them above.
- Flights, Delhi and back TYPICALTypical observed, last observed 19 Sep 2026: $178 to $190 per person over 3 observation days · Typical fare per person across the usable months; the month table below shows each month.
- ~$374
- Stay, 6 nights About $35 a night for one mid-range room, our model's estimate. Hotel observations replace this as they arrive.
- about $210estimate, refreshed 17 Sep
- Food About $20 per person per day, our model's estimate.
- about $280estimate, refreshed 17 Sep
- Local transport About $10 per person per day for buses, metro, taxis and transfers, our model's estimate.
- about $140estimate, refreshed 17 Sep
- Activities About $15 per person per day, our model's estimate.
- about $210estimate, refreshed 17 Sep
About ₹1,16,531 at the 19 Sep 2026 rate.
About ₹1,24,689 at the 19 Sep 2026 rate. Your bank's rate will differ a little.
The buffer is a default for the things a plan leaves out, not a fee. It is never folded into the estimate above.
Other trip lengths for 2: 3 days about $714, 5 days about $964, 10 days about $1,589.
Flights, Delhi to Chennai and back, are the observed range where we hold one and our distance estimate otherwise; stay, food, local transport and activities are planning figures from the destination's daily costs. Nothing here is a quote. How we calculate.
Typical fares by month, Delhi to Chennai
Round trip, per person, from fares observed on different days in the last 30 days. The cheapest usable month is Sep 2026. Prices last refreshed 19 Sep 2026.
| Travel month | Typical fare, per person | Days sampled | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026cheapest | $178 to $190 | 3 | TYPICAL |
| Oct 2026 | $212 to $212 | 3 | TYPICAL |
| Nov 2026 | $218 to $218 | 3 | TYPICAL |
| Dec 2026 | $233 to $237 | 3 | TYPICAL |
| Jan 2027 | $238 to $239 | 3 | TYPICAL |
| Feb 2027 | $242 to $242 | 3 | TYPICAL |
6 more months are not observed yet.
Often forgotten
- Checked baggage · About 8 hours of travel each way, airport time included
Many long-haul fares include one bag; low-cost carriers price each bag separately. Check the fare rules.
- Airport transfer · Arriving by air
The local transport line budgets getting around, not a private transfer. Check whether your stay includes one.
- Tips and service charges · Any trip
Customs differ by country; restaurants and drivers may expect them.
- Souvenirs and gifts · Any trip
Outside the activities line, which budgets what you do, not what you bring home.
A checklist, not a price list: we show an amount only where a named source has published one.
Curated trips in India
Run by local operators who quote you directly. These are trips in India, not necessarily in Chennai, and the operator sets the price.
Varanasi Spiritual Pilgrimage
Sunrise on the Ganges, evening aarti, Sarnath Buddhism roots.
From
$900
5 days
Yoga & Spiritual Trip: Rishikesh
Daily yoga, meditation, and Ganga aarti in the yoga capital of the world.
From
$1,100
7 days
Golden Triangle: Delhi · Agra · Jaipur
India's classic 7-day intro: Mughal monuments, palaces, and street food.
From
$1,450
7 days
India Heritage Student Tour: 12 days (25 students)
Golden Triangle + Varanasi + Bodh Gaya. Built for history/religion classes.
From
$1,450
12 days
Best months to visit Chennai
December, January, February and March, from the destination's own record. The fare table above shows which of the coming months is cheapest to fly.
About Chennai
Tamil Nadu's capital on the Coromandel Coast, with an international airport, a long city beach and a concentration of large private hospitals that draw patients from across South Asia and the Gulf. Temples and colonial-era buildings sit alongside the hospital districts. The heat peaks from April to June and the north-east monsoon runs October into December, so the cooler, drier months either side are the settled stretch.
Plan a Chennai trip with your own dates