The road
Budapest to Belgrade by car
383 km, about 3 h 30 on the fastest road, through Hungary and Serbia. Fuel from about €47 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €23 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-11-01. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
383 km fastest road, one way · 3 h 30 driving without stops · 2 countries
What does this road cost in your vehicle?
The nights, tolls for your vehicle class, fuel stops and any ferry — planned in seconds.
The road, country by country
- 🇭🇺 Hungary · 177 km
- 🇷🇸 Serbia · 206 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 391 km, about 4 h 48.
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-10-25 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.
A camper, the whole sum: one day's drive, self-catering for two about €22 — with the fuel and tolls below about €142.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €47 | €23 | €70 | 27 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €48 | €23 | €71 | 25 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €91 | €29 | €120 | 47 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇭🇺 petrol €1.75 · diesel €1.93 /l
- 🇷🇸 petrol — · diesel — /l
Charged on the way
- 🇷🇸 Motorway tolls in Serbia: about €8 for a car over 225 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Hungarian e-vignette (matrica) — €15.15 (D1: car or motorhome ≤ 3.5 t with 7 seats or fewer (registration J = M1/M1G), and the trailer it tows) · unverified
Rules on this road
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇭🇺 Hungary — Many larger shops close on Sundays; smaller and family-run ones may open.
Where to sleep beside the road
29 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Kelet-Európa Misszió · campsite · km 36, 1.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 91, 1.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Tanya Riaad · campsite · km 105, 0.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Palić · campsite · km 197, 0.6 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 248, 1.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Campuccino · campsite · km 308, 0.5 km off the road
Places of remembrance near the road: Boeing 767 vertical control surface (km 19).
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Árpád-kori templomrom · attraction · km 54, 4.1 km off the road
- ◆ Petőfi Sándor Emlékháza · museum · km 113, 4 km off the road
- ◆ ex-ante KFT. · attraction · km 183, 7.4 km off the road
- ◆ Ban Josip Jelačić birth house · attraction · km 296, 4.3 km off the road
- ◆ Museum of Aviation · museum · km 365, 1.7 km off the road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.