The road
Dublin to Belfast by car
166 km, about 1 h 36 on the fastest road, through Ireland. Fuel from about €22 in a petrol car at this week's prices.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-18. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
166 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
1 h 36
without stops
Countries
1
Ireland
The road, country by country
- 🇮🇪 Ireland · 166 km
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-14 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 | €22 | — | — | 12 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €21 | — | — | 11 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €40 | — | — | 20 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇮🇪 petrol €1.89 · diesel €1.99 /l
Where to sleep beside the road
24 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 14, 1.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 15, 4.8 km off the road
- ⛺ Old Donabate Tennis Club field · camper site · km 15, 5.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Porter's Field · camper site · km 18, 5.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Slieve Gullion Getaways · camper site · km 97, 1.6 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 122, 3.7 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Malahide Castle · attraction · km 12, 2.6 km off the road
- ◆ Ardgillan Castle · attraction · km 28, 3.4 km off the road
- ◆ Newgrange · attraction · km 47, 5.6 km off the road
- ◆ Clochafarmore · ruins · km 79, 2.5 km off the road
- ◆ Narrow Water Keep · attraction · km 100, 5.1 km off the road
- ◆ Bagenal's Castle · castle · km 105, 1.6 km off the road
- ◆ Hillsborough Castle · castle · km 145, 0.6 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.