Tip Calculator for Dhaka

Tip Calculator for Dhaka

In Bangladesh tipping is modest but appreciated: rounding up or leaving 5 to 10 percent is usual at sit-down restaurants, and small tips are common for rickshaw and CNG drivers, porters and delivery riders. This page opens the tip calculator for Dhaka in Bangladeshi taka (BDT) with a 10 percent tip and a bill split 4 ways.

Facts that change the answer

• Typical tip in Dhaka: 10 percent
• Service charge: Hotels and upscale restaurants may add a service charge plus VAT.
• Currency: Bangladeshi taka (BDT)

Worked example for Dhaka

A 4-person meal in Dhaka with a bill of BDT 3,000.00 and a 10 percent tip comes to BDT 3,300.00, or BDT 825.00 each. At 15 percent the total would be BDT 3,450.00. (Example bill; use your own receipt.)

Dhaka has about 10,356,500 people (GeoNames) and is in Dhaka Division. Customs are much the same in Chattogram, the nearest large city in Bangladesh on this list. Across the border, Kolkata in India follows different habits, so check that city's page before you travel.

Quick amounts in BDT at 10 percent: on BDT 1,500.00 the tip is BDT 150.00 and the total BDT 1,650.00; on BDT 3,000.00 the tip is BDT 300.00 and the total BDT 3,300.00; on BDT 6,000.00 the tip is BDT 600.00 and the total BDT 6,600.00; on BDT 12,000.00 the tip is BDT 1,200.00 and the total BDT 13,200.00. At 5 percent the tip on BDT 3,000.00 would be BDT 150.00, and at 15 percent BDT 450.00.

Sources: FastBuySale editorial summary of local custom (customs vary) · GeoNames. Checked 5 November 2026. For how the maths works, see the Tip Calculator guide.