Per-person 2026 costs for a three-day Jaipur trip from Delhi NCR in three bands, with line items that add up, stated assumptions and current ticket prices for every major sight.
Quick summary
A Jaipur trip from Delhi NCR costs roughly ₹4,200 to ₹7,000 per person on a budget, ₹8,000 to ₹12,000 mid-range, and ₹30,000 to ₹53,000 for a premium trip, for three days and two nights. A typical comfortable weekend works out at about ₹9,000 per person. Below, each band is broken into line items that add up to the totals, with the assumptions stated so you can adjust them to your own trip.
Assumptions
- Three days and two nights, starting and ending in Delhi NCR (about 280 km each way).
- All figures are per person, with two people sharing a room. Car costs are split four ways in the budget and mid-range bands, and two ways in the premium band.
- Monument prices are 2026 rates for Indian adults. Students and foreign visitors pay different fares.
- Petrol at about ₹102 to ₹113 a litre, which was the range between Delhi and Jaipur in mid-2026.
- Hotel, food, cab and guide figures are estimates for an ordinary weekend. Expect stays to cost noticeably more during the Jaipur Literature Festival in late January, Christmas week, Holi and long weekends.
To plug in your own numbers, use the trip budget calculator.
Budget plan: ₹4,200 to ₹7,000 per person
Bus or sleeper-class train, a hostel or basic hotel, autos, and street food.
| Item | Low (₹) | High (₹) |
|---|---|---|
| Bus or sleeper train, Delhi–Jaipur return | 700 | 1,400 |
| Stay, 2 nights (hostel dorm or shared basic room) | 1,000 | 1,600 |
| Monument tickets | 550 | 1,050 |
| Local transport (autos, shared cab to Amber) | 500 | 800 |
| Food, 3 days (₹400 to ₹600 a day) | 1,200 | 1,800 |
| Water, small entry fees, tips | 250 | 350 |
| Total | 4,200 | 7,000 |
The low ticket figure is the state composite ticket alone (₹550). The high figure adds the ₹500 combined City Palace and Jaigarh ticket. Government buses on the route start at around ₹300 to ₹350 each way, with Volvo services higher.
Mid-range plan: ₹8,000 to ₹12,000 per person
A shared car or the Shatabdi, a boutique hotel or heritage guesthouse in C-Scheme or Bani Park, a cab for the fort day, and a mix of street food and sit-down meals.
| Item | Low (₹) | High (₹) |
|---|---|---|
| Travel: self-drive car split four ways, or Shatabdi chair car return | 1,400 | 2,200 |
| Stay, 2 nights (₹2,500 to ₹4,000 a night for a double room) | 2,500 | 4,000 |
| Monument tickets (composite plus City Palace and Jaigarh) | 1,050 | 1,050 |
| Local transport (share of a fort-day cab, autos) | 600 | 1,000 |
| Food, 3 days (₹700 to ₹1,000 a day) | 2,100 | 3,000 |
| Parking, tips, Padao or Masala Chowk entry, small extras | 350 | 750 |
| Total | 8,000 | 12,000 |
How the car figure works: a round trip of about 600 km including local driving, at 14 km a litre, uses around 43 litres, or about ₹4,600 in petrol. NH48 tolls were ₹395 one way between Delhi and Jaipur after the July 2026 revision; allow about ₹1,000 for the round trip to cover plazas on the Gurugram side. That comes to roughly ₹5,600 per car, or ₹1,400 each for four people. Run your own numbers with the fuel calculator.
By motorcycle: two people on one bike at about 35 km a litre would use around 17 litres over 600 km, about ₹1,850, or roughly ₹925 each. Two-wheelers do not pay national highway tolls, but they cannot use the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway.
By train: the Ajmer Shatabdi chair car is about ₹1,100 each way, which gives the ₹2,200 high figure. Executive class costs more. Check current fares on IRCTC.
A typical ₹9,000 weekend
| Item | ₹ |
|---|---|
| Shared car, four people | 1,400 |
| Stay, 2 nights at ₹3,000 a night, two sharing | 3,000 |
| Monument tickets | 1,050 |
| Local transport | 800 |
| Food, 3 days | 2,300 |
| Extras | 450 |
| Total | 9,000 |
Ticket prices at a glance (Indian adults, 2026)
| Sight | Price |
|---|---|
| Composite ticket (Amber Fort, Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar, Albert Hall Museum, Nahargarh Fort, Isarlat, Sisodia Rani garden, Vidyadhar garden) | ₹550 (Indian students ₹180) |
| Amber Fort on its own | ₹200 |
| Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar, Albert Hall Museum or Nahargarh Fort on their own | ₹100 each |
| City Palace | ₹400 |
| City Palace with Jaigarh Fort and the royal cenotaphs | ₹500 |
| Jaigarh Fort on its own | About ₹200 |
| City Palace royal tour (Chandra Mahal) | ₹4,000 |
| Masala Chowk entry | ₹10 |
| Padao (RTDC cafeteria at Nahargarh) entry | ₹100 |
| Panna Meena ka Kund, Galtaji Temple | Free |
The composite ticket only saves money if you visit all five of Amber Fort, Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar, Albert Hall and Nahargarh, which together cost ₹600 separately. If you are skipping one or two, buy single tickets. To decide what is worth your time, see the best places to visit in Jaipur.
Costs people forget
- Parking at Amber and outside the walled city.
- Shopping. Quilts, block prints, juttis and blue pottery add up quickly, so set a limit before you reach Johari and Bapu bazaars. Shopping is not included in the totals above.
- Camera and still-photography fees at some monuments.
- Tips for guides, drivers and hotel staff.
- Festival and long-weekend surcharges on hotels.
Ways to spend less
- Take the bus or train, which also saves you the parking problem in the old city.
- Buy the composite ticket only if you will use all five main sights on it.
- Eat street food and at Masala Chowk for most meals.
- Stay in Bani Park or C-Scheme rather than at a heritage property near Amber.
- Walk the walled city and use autos; hire a cab only for the fort day.
- Travel on an ordinary weekend in the cooler months; see the best time to visit Jaipur.
To fit these costs into a day-by-day plan, use the 2-day Jaipur itinerary.