Pricing

Know the price
before you book.

Every charge on this page is published, and every line appears on your quote. No fuel adjustment discovered at month end, no handling fee nobody mentioned.

  • Six zones
  • Live calculator
  • Every line shown
  • No VAT on freight
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A rate calculator estimating a delivery chargeRATE CALCULATORFROMKathmanduTOPokharaWEIGHT2.4 kgEstimatedरु 232

Calculator

Price a shipment right now

It runs in your browser against the same engine the invoice uses. Change anything and the number moves — no form to submit, no callback to wait for.

Your shipment

The quote updates as you type. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Service

Estimated charge

Rs 227.88

Zone 2 · Valley rim & central highway · 1–2 working days

Base freightFirst kilogram
Rs 130
Additional weight1 kg × Rs 45
Rs 45
Fuel surcharge4.5% of freight
Rs 7.88
COD handling1.5% of collection
Rs 45
Total
Rs 227.88
Rider collectsRs 3,000
Credited to youRs 2,772.12

Charged on actual weight: 2 kg, no VAT. Indicative rates from the published card — contract customers see their negotiated discount taken off.

The shape of a rate

Four numbers that decide the price

Everything else is a surcharge on top of these.

Pricing zones
6Pricing zonesCovering 77 districts
First kg in the Valley
Rs 90First kg in the ValleyZone 1 base rate
Kilogram billing step
1Kilogram billing stepActual weight, rounded up
Fuel surcharge
4.5%Fuel surchargeReviewed monthly

Zone matrix

Six zones, priced honestly

A Karnali route genuinely costs more to serve than a Valley one. We price it that way rather than averaging it into everyone else's rate and pretending distance is free.

Base and per-kilogram rates by delivery zone
ZoneCoversFirst kgEach extra kgPromise2 kg, total
Zone 1Kathmandu ValleyRs 90Rs 351–1 daysRs 130.63
Zone 2Valley rim & central highwayRs 130Rs 451–2 daysRs 182.88
Zone 3Terai & regional citiesRs 170Rs 552–3 daysRs 235.13
Zone 4Hill districtsRs 220Rs 703–4 daysRs 303.05
Zone 5Far west & high hillsRs 290Rs 954–6 daysRs 402.33
Zone 6Karnali & remoteRs 390Rs 1306–9 daysRs 543.40

Chargeable weight

You pay what it weighs

Chargeable weight is the actual weight on the scale, rounded up to the next whole kilogram. How much room the parcel takes up does not change the price.

Bulky or dense, one rule
A box of cushions and a box of books that weigh the same cost the same.
Whole kilograms, rounded up
Half a kilo still costs a kilo. The first is the zone base rate, and each one after is the zone per-kg rate.
No tape measure needed
The calculator asks for weight only. There are no dimensions to enter and no second figure to compare.
A parcel on a weighing scale beside its calculated price2.40 kgZone 2रु 175

Service multipliers

What each service level costs

The multiplier applies to base and weight only. Surcharges, insurance and COD handling are calculated the same way on every service.

Service level multipliers and worked example prices
 Multiplier2 kg to PokharaBest for
Branch to Branch Delivery1×Rs 182.88Drop it at our branch; collected from ours at the other end
Branch to Door Delivery1×Rs 182.88Drop it at our branch; we deliver to the door
Bulk Delivery1×Rs 182.88Many parcels from one pickup, door to door
Door to Branch Delivery1×Rs 182.88We collect from you; collected from our branch at the other end
Door to Door Delivery1×Rs 182.88We collect from you and deliver to the door

Surcharges

Every extra charge, published

These are the only things that can be added to a quote. If it is not on this list, it is not on your invoice.

  • Fuel — 4.5%

    Of the freight subtotal, reviewed monthly against the NOC diesel price and published before it applies.

  • Remote — Rs 150

    Flat, per parcel, on districts flagged remote. Shown as its own line so you know exactly what the last leg costs.

  • Fragile — 12%

    Of the freight subtotal, buying a segregated lane through the hub and last-on-first-off loading.

  • Insurance — 1.2%

    Of declared value, minimum Rs 25. Optional, and strongly advised above Rs 5,000.

  • COD handling — 1.5%

    Of the amount collected, minimum Rs 25. Never charged on money that was not collected.

  • No VAT on freight

    Freight carries no tax. The total on the quote is the total you pay, with nothing added at the invoice.

Order of operations

How the number is actually built

The sequence matters as much as the rates. This is the exact order the billing engine runs in.

  1. 1

    Freight

    Zone base rate for the first kilogram, plus each further whole kilogram at the zone per-kg rate.

  2. 2

    Service

    The multiplier is applied to freight only — never to surcharges, which would compound twice.

  3. 3

    Surcharges

    Fuel, remote, fragile, insurance and COD handling, each calculated off its own correct base.

  4. 4

    Discount

    Contract discount comes off the subtotal. There is no VAT on freight, so what remains is the total.

Worked example

One parcel, every line

A 2 kg COD parcel from Kathmandu to Kaski, Rs 3,000 to collect, no insurance. This is the whole calculation — nothing is held back for the invoice.

Freight: Rs 130 + Rs 45
Zone 2 base for the first kilogram, plus one additional kilogram at the zone rate.
Fuel: Rs 7.88
4.5% of the Rs 175 freight subtotal.
COD handling: Rs 45
1.5% of the Rs 3,000 being collected at the door.
Total: Rs 227.88
No VAT on freight. The merchant is credited Rs 2,772.12 on the ledger.
A ledger listing cash on delivery credits and delivery chargesMERCHANT LEDGERCOD credit+2,450Delivery fee−285COD credit+1,180Payout−3,345Balanceरु 0

Coverage and price

Distance is not the whole story. Road is.

Jumla is not expensive because it is far. It is expensive because the last hundred kilometres take a day, and the vehicle comes back empty.

Zone follows road, not kilometres
A highway district three hundred kilometres away can be cheaper than a hill district eighty away.
Remote is flagged, not hidden
The surcharge is a published flat rate on a published list of districts.
Backhaul is priced in
A truck that returns empty costs twice as much per parcel. That is in the zone rate rather than a surprise.
See the coverage map
Map of Nepal showing Udan Express coverage across all seven provinces and 77 districts, with the head office in Kathmandu and five regional hubsSudurpashchim Province — 9 districtsKarnali Province — 10 districtsLumbini Province — 12 districtsGandaki Province — 11 districtsBagmati Province — 13 districtsMadhesh Province — 8 districtsKoshi Province — 14 districtsKathmanduKathmandu Head OfficePokharaPokhara HubBiratnagarBiratnagar HubBirgunjBirgunj HubNepalgunjNepalgunj HubDhangadhiDhangadhi Hub

Delivery promise

You are also buying a date

Every zone carries a promise window, set at booking and shown to your customer. Price and promise are two halves of the same quote.

Working days, not calendar days
Saturday is Nepal’s weekend, and the promise already accounts for it.
Quoted before you commit
The customer-facing date is generated from the zone, so nobody in your team has to guess.
Express refunds the premium if late
On express, missing the window refunds the difference to standard.
A clock showing the delivery promise window being metOn time

Contract rates

Volume should buy a real number

Around two hundred parcels a month is where a contract rate makes sense for both sides. What you get is a percentage off the subtotal, on every parcel automatically.

Off the whole subtotal
Surcharges included, so the saving applies to everything on the quote.
A rate, not a rebate
Applied on every quote in real time rather than credited back at quarter end.
Reviewed against actual volume
If your mix changes, the rate is revisited. It is not a number set once and forgotten.
Talk about volume pricing
Two partners shaking hands over a delivery agreement

Save money

Four things that genuinely lower your bill

We will tell you these even though they reduce our invoice, because a merchant who trusts the quote is still shipping with us next year.

Weigh the packed parcel
You are charged on actual weight, box and packing included. Weighing it packed gives a quote that matches the invoice.
Round down, not up
Weight is billed in whole kilograms. A parcel at 2.05 kg is billed as 3 — trimming 50 g saves a full band.
Use standard by default
Express costs 60% more and is one day faster in most zones. Reserve it for genuine deadlines.
Convert repeat buyers to prepaid
It removes the COD handling charge entirely and improves first-attempt success.
A dispatch checklist being completed before a parcel leaves

Insurance

What Rs 5,000 of free cover actually covers

Basic liability is included on every parcel. It is genuinely adequate for a Rs 2,000 order of clothing and genuinely inadequate for a laptop, and we would rather say that plainly.

Declared value is the cap
Under-declaring to save the 1.2% surcharge caps what you can claim. It is a false economy on a single loss.
Fifteen working days to a decision
In writing. An open-ended claims process is a way of saying no slowly.
Exclusions published
Cash, precious metals and undeclared electronics are not covered, and you are told before you book.
A shield representing parcel insurance and data security

Before you book

Some things cannot be priced at all

The network will not carry certain categories at any price, and others need paperwork. Checking the list first is faster than having a consignment refused at your loading bay.

Prohibited means prohibited
No surcharge unlocks it. The list is short and it is enforced at collection.
Restricted needs documents
Some categories move with the right paperwork. We will tell you which and what is needed.
Undeclared voids the whole consignment
An undeclared item that causes a seizure voids cover for the legitimate parts too.
What we cannot carry
Items that cannot be sent through the courier network

Billing

Charges settle against the same ledger as your COD

You do not pay us and then wait for us to pay you. Delivery charges are netted off collections in the weekly settlement, so most merchants never write us a cheque at all.

Netted, not invoiced twice
Collections minus charges. One transfer, one statement.
Prepaid accounts get monthly invoicing
For merchants without enough COD volume to net against.
Every line traceable to a parcel
Reconciling the invoice against your orders takes minutes, not an afternoon.
The weekly cycle that returns cash on delivery money to a merchant's bankCollectReconcileApproveTransferStatement7DAYS

Bulk

Cargo is priced on a different curve

Above roughly eight kilograms the per-parcel base rate stops being fair, and cargo at 0.85× per kilogram takes over. The calculator will price both so you can see your own crossover point.

Under 8 kg — parcel wins
And it is a day faster. We will say so rather than upsell you.
Over 8 kg — cargo wins
And the gap widens quickly as the consignment gets heavier.
Up to 1,000 kg
Beyond that we quote a dedicated vehicle per job.
Cargo rates and limits
A stack of parcels of different sizes ready for dispatchkg

Questions

Pricing questions

What merchants ask before they trust a rate card.

Are the rates on this page the price I actually pay?
Yes, for a walk-in or standard account. Contract customers have a negotiated discount that is applied to the subtotal, so their total is lower. Nothing is added after the quote — the figure the calculator shows is the figure on the invoice.
Does the size of my parcel change the price?
No. Freight is charged on actual weight only, rounded up to the next whole kilogram. There is no volumetric rule, so a large, light box costs the same as a small one that weighs the same.
What is the fuel surcharge and does it change?
A 4.5% adjustment on the freight subtotal, reviewed monthly against the Nepal Oil Corporation diesel price. When it changes we publish the new figure here before it applies, rather than absorbing it into the base rate quietly.
Is VAT added to the displayed rates?
No. Freight carries no VAT, so the zone table, the calculator and the invoice show the same total with no tax line. The figure you see is the figure you pay.
Do you charge for a failed delivery?
Not for the failed attempt itself. If a parcel is ultimately returned to you after three attempts, the return leg is charged as a separate movement — but you are never charged the COD handling fee on money that was never collected.
How do I get a contract rate?
Consistent volume of roughly 200 parcels a month is the point where a contract rate makes sense for both sides. Talk to sales with your actual monthly volume and destination mix and you will get a real number, not a percentage off an inflated list price.

Got your number?

Open a business account and start booking at these rates today — or send us your monthly volume and destination mix and we will quote you a contract rate.

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