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Emergency Fund Calculator
An emergency fund calculator estimates how much cash you need to cover a set number of months of essential expenses. Enter your monthly essentials and your target runway to see the fund size and the monthly saving needed to reach it.
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Enter your numbers and press Calculate. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
How this calculator works
An emergency fund is cash set aside to cover essential expenses if income stops. The target is a simple multiple of what you must spend each month:
Target = essential monthly expenses * months of runway.
The calculator also shows a one-month starter fund and the amount to save each month to reach the full target over a chosen number of months:
Monthly saving = target / months to save.
- Essential expenses = housing, food, utilities, insurance, transport, and minimum debt payments.
- Runway = how many months the fund should cover.
Pick your own expense figure and runway. There is no single correct number for every household.
How to use this calculator
Enter your numbers
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Read the result
The result shows the headline figure and the numbers behind it, so you can see where the cost comes from.
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