The road
Cologne to Paris by car
494 km, about 4 h 30 on the fastest road, through Germany, Belgium and France. Fuel from about €76 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €28 in tolls on the way.
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
494 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
4 h 30
without stops
Countries
3
Germany, Belgium and France
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 81 km
- 🇧🇪 Belgium · 109 km
- 🇫🇷 France · 304 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 | €76 | €28 | €104 | 35 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €77 | €28 | €105 | 32 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €142 | €48 | €190 | 59 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
- 🇧🇪 petrol €1.99 · diesel €2.39 /l
- 🇫🇷 petrol €2.22 · diesel €2.38 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇫🇷 Motorway tolls in France: about €28 for a car over 304 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🚫 Cologne: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker.
- 🚫 Paris: ZFE — Crit'Air vignette — By Crit'Air class; older diesel restricted, weekday limits.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇧🇪 Belgium — Sunday opening is common but short, and many shops close one other day a week too.
Where to sleep beside the road
104 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplatz Marienfeld · camper site · km 28, 0.6 km off the road
- ⛺ Aire de Saint-Ghislain Sud · camper site · km 262, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping les Sumacs · campsite · km 349, 0.6 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Le Courmanvaux · campsite · km 356, 0.6 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Le Focanard · campsite · km 356, 0.7 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping du Château et de l'Oseraie · campsite · km 357, 0.6 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Edith Stein · memorial · km 15, 1.8 km off the road
- ◆ KuKuK e.V. - Kunst und Kultur im Köpfchen (ehemaliges deutsches Zollhaus) · attraction · km 83, 1.7 km off the road
- ◆ 2011 Liège attack · memorial · km 126, 3.4 km off the road
- ◆ Grotte de Spy · ruins · km 196, 1.6 km off the road
- ◆ Mundaneum · museum · km 252, 1.9 km off the road
- ◆ Ruines du château et souterrains · attraction · km 316, 9.5 km off the road
- ◆ National Museum of the Car · museum · km 416, 9.8 km off the road
- ◆ Goudurix · attraction · km 452, 0.6 km off the road
Goudurix is a steel roller coaster located in Parc Astérix in France. Wikipedia (en)
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.
- 1238 castles — Burgtor Hermülheim (km 12), Citadelle de Liège (km 126), Château Gendebien (km 251), Bunker de la Première Guerre mondiale (ruines) (km 374)
- 470 viewpoints — Belvedere Ausblick (km 17), Belvedere Felderblick (km 18), Observation tower (km 45), Terril de l'Héribus (km 253)
- 165 farm shops — Heinenhof Bauernladen (km 19)
- 131 swim spots — Freibad Merkstein (km 70)
- 106 climbing — Marche-Les-Dames (km 177)
- 95 wineries
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.