Route from Wakefield to Waveney
The distance between Wakefield and Waveney is 186 miles. Travel time is 3 hours and 41 minutes.

Driving directions from Wakefield to Waveney
What's the expense of traveling from Wakefield to Waveney by car?
Driving from Wakefield to Waveney costs £32.3 if you use petrol. Break it down. The automobile gets 37.5 mpg and costs 143 pence per litre. If you want to carpool with friends, each of you simply pays £16.15 (£32.3 split by 2). With three friends, it's £10.77 each (£32.3 divided by 3), and with four, it's £8.08 a piece. So that's the trip's finances.
Let's examine how we got these numbers. The fuel cost depends on your car's thirst and distance. About 22.6 litres of petrol are needed for this trip. This accounts for the £32.3 Wakefield-Waveney fare.
In all, the travel costs £32.3 due to distance, petrol price, and car fuel use. Knowing these prices can help you budget and organise your trip, whether you're flying alone or with company.
Diesel cost from Wakefield to Waveney.
The trip with diesel fuel costs 20.4 £ (151p/lt, 62.7 mpg).
For 2 passengers: 10.2 £ (20.4/2) /p.
For 3 passengers: 6.8 £ (20.4/3) /p.
For 4 passengers: 5.1 £ (20.4/4) /p.
When comparing diesel fuel and petrol (gasoline) fuel in terms of octane rating, there's a significant distinction:
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Petrol:
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Petrol typically has an octane rating ranging from 87 to 95 in most markets.
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Octane rating measures the fuel's resistance to premature detonation or knocking in spark-ignition engines.
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Higher octane ratings are crucial for high-performance petrol engines with higher compression ratios or turbocharging, as they help prevent engine knocking and allow for more efficient combustion.
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Diesel Fuel:
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Diesel fuel doesn't have an octane rating in the same sense as petrol because it's not used in spark-ignition engines.
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Diesel engines rely on compression ignition rather than spark ignition, meaning the fuel-air mixture ignites spontaneously due to high pressure and temperature.
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Therefore, diesel fuel is designed to ignite under the high compression conditions found in diesel engines, and its properties are optimized for this type of combustion rather than for octane rating.
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In essence, while petrol relies on octane rating to ensure proper combustion in spark-ignition engines, diesel fuel is formulated to ignite under the high-pressure conditions of compression ignition in diesel engines, rendering octane rating irrelevant for diesel fuel.
Alternative routes from Wakefield to Waveney
The second route from Wakefield to the Waveney is 222.26 miles and takes 4 hours and 14 minutes.
The third route from Wakefield to the Waveney is 187.72 miles and takes 3 hours and 50 minutes.
Which is the cheapest route from Wakefield to Waveney by car?
The cheapest route from Wakefield to Waveney is the first suggested route (186mi, 3h 41min) and costs 32.3 £ (petrol fuel cost, 143p/lt, 37.5mpg).
The second cheapest route from Wakefield to Waveney is the third suggested route (188mi, 3h 50min) and costs 32.5 £.
The most expensive route from Wakefield to Waveney is the second suggested route (222mi, 4h 14min) and costs 38.5 £.
For greater safety, the driver should choose the route that passes through the highway (median barrier) and not through smaller roads (curves in the road, bad road conditions, no median barrier).
How to get from Wakefield to Waveney?
There are three suggested routes. The fastest route is 186mi (distance from Wakefield to Waveney) and its duration is 3h 41min. The other route is 188mi, and its duration is 3h 50min. The slowest route is 222mi, and its duration is 4h 14min.
RouteCalculator provides you with the information to prepare your trip from Wakefield to Waveney by car or motorbike. It offers you alternative road routes that you can follow to go from Wakefield to Waveney. It provides driving directions from Wakefield to Waveney, i.e. where to turn and when, distance of the Wakefield - Waveney route, travel time, display of the route on the map, fuel cost (petrol, diesel) and toll (if exist) cost.
In case you share the journey (carpooling) from Wakefield to Waveney with other people or friends, RouteCalculator provides the cost of the journey and the amount that each passenger will have to pay.
Where is Wakefield located?
Wakefield is located in West Yorkshire county and in England. It is situated at an altitude of 43 meters above sea level. Wakefield has coordinates 53.6832980o,-1.5059240o. RouteCalculator provides a map of Wakefield from which you can plan your trips to other UK cities.
What is the location of Waveney?
Waveney is located in Suffolk county and in England. It is situated at an altitude of 27 meters above sea level. Waveney has coordinates 52.3928022o,1.6239909o. RouteCalculator provides a map of Waveney from which you can plan your trips to other UK cities.
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