The road
Barcelona to Madrid by car
621 km, about 5 h 30 on the fastest road, through Spain. Fuel from about €84 in a petrol car at this week's prices.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-30. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
621 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
5 h 30
without stops
Countries
1
Spain
The road, country by country
- 🇪🇸 Spain · 621 km
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-20 prices of the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, per country crossed. Tolls are an estimate from published per-kilometre tariffs plus the crossings on this road. Beds and food are not here: they depend on how you travel.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €84 | €0 | €84 | 43 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €77 | €0 | €77 | 40 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €143 | €0 | €143 | 75 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇪🇸 petrol €1.93 · diesel €1.92 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇪🇸 Motorway tolls in Spain: about €32 for a car over 621 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🚫 Barcelona: ZBE Rondes — By DGT environmental label; register foreign plates.
- 🚫 Madrid: ZBE (Madrid 360 / Central) — By environmental label; no label = no central access.
Where to sleep beside the road
68 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ RV Penedès · Subirats · camper site · km 51, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 72, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Area Zaragoza Calle Poeta Luciano Gracia · camper site · km 309, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Area 112 · camper site · km 506, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Area de Autocaravanas Guadalajara · camper site · km 565, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ K2 Caravaning · camper site · km 590, 0.1 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Walden 7 · attraction · km 16, 2.2 km off the road
- ◆ Castell d'Albà · castle · km 87, 6.6 km off the road
- ◆ Coves del Cogul · ruins · km 157, 6.7 km off the road
- ◆ Puerta del Carmen · attraction · km 309, 3.3 km off the road
- ◆ Monasterio de Santa Fe de Huerva · attraction · km 319, 6.7 km off the road
- ◆ Colegiata del Santo Sepulcro · attraction · km 390, 1.4 km off the road
- ◆ Castillo de Sigüenza · castle · km 497, 8.9 km off the road
- ◆ Open air Sculpture Museum · attraction · km 590, 1.8 km off the road
What this road is for
Counted within 10 km of the road between the two ends, from OpenStreetMap — the places a passion would stop for.
- 2930 castles — Castell de Cornellà (km 13), Castell de Vinferri (km 157), Castillo de Santa Bárbara (km 315), Castro de Guijosa (km 483)
- 368 viewpoints — Pedrera dels Ocells (km 20), Mirador de las cuatro culturas (km 305)
- 165 wineries — Caves Ventura Soler (km 46), Caves Pagès Entrena (km 47), Castellblanch (km 47), Maset del Lleó (km 50)
- 98 climbing
- 92 breweries
- 46 golf — Club de Golf de la Base Aérea de Torrejón de Ardoz (km 586)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.