---
title: "Dubai taxi fares as published by Dubai Taxi Company (DTC): street-hail and booked (e-hail) starting fares by time of day, rate per km, waiting rate, minimum fares and the Sharjah surcharge, plus an estimate for one trip when `km` is given (published tariff only; Salik tolls and app surcharges excluded). Also Sharjah bus fares. Abu Dhabi taxis and Dubai public transport (nol) are paused while we confirm the official source; ride-hailing app prices are not collected."
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/taxi-fares"
---

# Dubai taxi fares as published by Dubai Taxi Company (DTC): street-hail and booked (e-hail) starting fares by time of day, rate per km, waiting rate, minimum fares and the Sharjah surcharge, plus an estimate for one trip when \`km\` is given (published tariff only; Salik tolls and app surcharges excluded). Also Sharjah bus fares. Abu Dhabi taxis and Dubai public transport (nol) are paused while we confirm the official source; ride-hailing app prices are not collected.

`GET /api/v1/taxi-fares`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://prices.brainy.ae`
- URL: `https://prices.brainy.ae/api/v1/taxi-fares`
- Auth: none declared

## Query parameters

- `km` number: Trip distance in km: adds an estimate for one trip.
- `booking` 'street-day' | 'street-night' | 'ehail-offpeak' | 'ehail-peak' | 'ehail-night': street-day (hail 06:00–22:00, default), street-night (hail 22:00–06:00), ehail-offpeak / ehail-peak (lowest / highest booked starting fare), ehail-night (booked 22:00–06:00).
- `wait_minutes` number: Minutes of waiting in traffic charged by the meter.
- `to_sharjah` boolean: Trip from Dubai to Sharjah: adds the published surcharge.

## Response `200`

Success. All money is AED; unknown values are null.

- object
  - `currency` 'AED', required
  - `observed_at` string, nullable, required
  - `stale` boolean, required
  - `source` object, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `url` string, nullable, required
  - `attribution` string, required
  - `open_in_browser` string, uri, required
  - `read_at` string, nullable, required
  - `dubai` object, nullable, required
    - `operator` string, required
    - `street_hail_starting_aed` object[], required
      - `from` string, required
      - `to` string, required
      - `aed` number, required
    - `ehail_starting_aed` object, required
      - `weekdays` object[], required
        - `from` string, required
        - `to` string, required
        - `aed` number, required
      - `friday` object[], required
        - `from` string, required
        - `to` string, required
        - `aed` number, required
      - `weekends` object[], required
        - `from` string, required
        - `to` string, required
        - `aed` number, required
    - `per_km_aed` number, nullable, required: AED. Unknown amounts are null, never 0.
    - `minimum_fare_aed` object, required
      - `street` number, nullable, required: AED. Unknown amounts are null, never 0.
      - `ehail` number, nullable, required: AED. Unknown amounts are null, never 0.
    - `waiting_per_minute_aed` number, nullable, required: AED. Unknown amounts are null, never 0.
    - `sharjah_surcharge_aed` number, nullable, required: AED. Unknown amounts are null, never 0.
  - `trip` object, nullable, required
    - `km` number, required
    - `booking` string, required
    - `wait_minutes` number, required
    - `to_sharjah` boolean, required
    - `starting_aed` number, required
    - `distance_aed` number, required
    - `waiting_aed` number, required
    - `surcharge_aed` number, required
    - `minimum_aed` number, required
    - `minimum_applied` boolean, required
    - `total_aed` number, required
  - `public_transport` object, nullable, required
  - `sharjah` object, nullable, required
  - `abu_dhabi` object, nullable, required
  - `not_included` string, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Request failed.
- `404`: Request failed.
- `405`: Request failed.
- `413`: Request failed.
- `422`: Request failed.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded. Retry-After gives seconds to wait.
- `503`: Request failed.

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