Plan now uses a vehicle preset, 90% start SOC, Wh/km from preset, and cost-aware ranking on longer corridors. Adjust on the planner page if needed.
This rates how much planning the route needs, not road quality. Charger spacing comes from stations recorded in the EV Grids cache and changes as coverage grows.
Ranked by estimated charging-stop count on ~320 km via NH31, using each preset's configured range and consumption. This is not a recommendation based on price, safety, comfort, or overall vehicle quality.
Fewest estimated stops
Tata Curvv EV (45 kWh)
~430 km range · Often no DC stop
At ~320 km, this leg is within a full charge for a Tata Curvv EV (45 kWh) (~430 km ARAI) when you start at 90% SOC and keep a 20% reserve.
Jump to chargers, overnight hotels, meal stops, or pick your EV model — each page links back here and opens the trip planner pre-filled for Lucknow → Varanasi.
Popular searches for Lucknow → Varanasi — each page answers yes/no, typical charging stops, and opens the planner.
Long-tail guides for NH31 — operators, state hubs, and NH-specific EV charging notes linked to this route.
Leave Lucknow at 88–92% SOC with your real vehicle preset selected (not a random long-range SUV). For ~320 km on NH31, EV Grids will place DC searches when estimated SOC crosses your threshold. Sultanpur–Jaunpur belt: verify both primary and backup. Varanasi ghats area: charge before entering old city zones. Charge to what the next leg needs — often 80–90% — then open Google Maps with your chosen primary and backup as waypoints toward Varanasi.
Illustrative only — open Plan now above for ranked stops with your vehicle preset and live charger data.
Lucknow to Varanasi covers about 320 km in 5–6 hours on NH31 (Central India). UP heartland route to Kashi — moderate charger spacing. Real consumption still depends on speed, AC, payload, and elevation — enter Wh/km from recent drives instead of brochure range.
UP heartland NH31 is mostly flat; the failure mode is a closed plaza gun on a festival weekend, not a mountain.
This ~320 km leg is the classic one-or-two-stop trip. 40–50 kWh packs usually charge once in a mid-route town; 70 kWh+ packs may skip if they start full and keep speed sane. Ranked stops on EV Grids should sit on the highway, not in the destination old city.
Local notes drivers actually use: Sultanpur–Jaunpur belt: verify both primary and backup. Varanasi ghats area: charge before entering old city zones.
MP and Vidarbha summers are dry-hot. Monsoon can flood approaches to plaza chargers — keep a second pin in the same town.
Open Plan now to pre-fill Lucknow and Varanasi. Pick your vehicle, set start SOC honestly, and keep search threshold above reserve. Prefer lower-cost if you have memberships; Fastest if you only want high-kW DC.
This is an EV Grids calculation, not an observation: 320 km at roughly 165 Wh/km needs on the order of 53 kWh of road energy, and the planner keeps a 20% reserve in hand.
A compact (about 40 kWh usable) pack reaches about 195 km before reserve, which puts this leg at about 1 DC session. A mid-size (about 50 kWh usable) pack reaches about 240 km before reserve, which puts this leg at about 1 DC session. A long-range (about 70 kWh usable) pack reaches about 340 km before reserve, so it can usually complete this leg without charging.
Think of 320 km as two halves of roughly 160 km. If you need one stop, it belongs near the midpoint rather than close to either city.
Drive faster, run the air conditioning harder, or load the car and every number above moves the wrong way. Enter your own Wh/km on the planner and it will re-space the stops for NH31 accordingly.
On NH31 you will typically see a mix of Tata Power, Jio-BP Pulse, Statiq, ChargeZone, plaza DISCOM guns, and the occasional mall DC. EV Grids ranks by detour and reliability, not brand loyalty. Memberships change ₹/kWh; they do not reserve a stall.
Do not wait indefinitely at a dark site between Lucknow and Varanasi. Use the backup you already selected; if a swap breaks a later leg, use Fix trip. Keep operator apps logged in. Hotel or mall Type 2 is a valid recovery if you have hours — better than a tow.
Report a permanently closed or moved pin via EV Grids feedback with this corridor slug (lucknow-to-varanasi) so badges and ranking can be updated.
