Trip cost

Varanasi from Delhi: trip cost

For 2 travellers sharing a room, a 7-day trip to Varanasi from Delhi comes to about $1,003 (about $1,073 with a 7% buffer), including flights, stay, food, local transport and activities. Flights are the typical observed range, $96 to $105 per person, last observed 19 Sep 2026.

Complete trip estimate, 7 days, 2 travellers

DaysTravellersTravel monthYour budget (INR)

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: $96 to $105 per person over 6 observation days · Typical fare per person across the usable months; the month table below shows each month.: ~$193
Stay, 6 nights About $30 a night for one mid-range room, our model's estimate. Hotel observations replace this as they arrive.: about $180estimate, 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

Estimated total for 2~$1,003

About ₹96,245 at the 18 Sep 2026 rate.

Per person~$502

Suggested buffer 7% (default)+$70

Comfortable budget~$1,073

About ₹1,02,982 at the 18 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 $523, 5 days about $763, 10 days about $1,363.

Flights, Delhi to Varanasi 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 Varanasi

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	$96 to $106	6	TYPICAL
Oct 2026	$102 to $108	6	TYPICAL
Nov 2026	$118 to $120	6	TYPICAL
Dec 2026	$113 to $113	6	TYPICAL
Jan 2027	$112 to $113	6	TYPICAL
Feb 2027	$112 to $117	6	TYPICAL

6 more months are not observed yet.

Often forgotten

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 Varanasi, and the operator sets the price.

Best months to visit Varanasi

October, November, 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 Varanasi

One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities, Varanasi lines the west bank of the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, with a chain of ghats and a lane network no vehicle can enter, so you walk. Dawn boat rides and the evening aarti at Dashashwamedh are the fixed points, with Sarnath a short drive out. Winter fog delays flights, the monsoon floods the lower ghats, and summer is very hot.

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