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Kia Carnival MPG

Its best-rated version reaches 33 MPG combined in 2025, the hybrid Carnival Hybrid. Its weakest year peaked at 22 MPG (2022–2024).

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468.8 gal

a year at 15,000 miles for the best 2026 version, the Carnival Hybrid. Put it next to its 2022 predecessor, at your own mileage.

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The Kia Carnival has EPA ratings for five model years, 2022–2026, every one of them among minivans. Its peak rating is the second highest of the 24 minivan nameplates with MPG ratings on this site.

No other Kia nameplate rated lower than it in 2022–2023 (in 2023, the Kia Telluride was next lowest). Of the 25 minivan nameplates on this site, few have had a hybrid version (2 of them); this one has.

Powertrains under the name

  • Gasoline

    Rated in 2022–2026.

  • Hybrid

    Rated in 2025–2026.

All 5 model years, best and lowest version
Model yearsBest versionCombinedCity / hwyLowest versionVersions
2026Carnival Hybrid hybrid3234 / 31212
2025Carnival Hybrid hybrid3334 / 31212
2022–2024Carnival2219 / 26221

Version names in the EPA list: Carnival, Carnival Hybrid.

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