The road
Dublin to Galway by car
210 km, about 2 h on the fastest road, through Ireland. Fuel from about €28 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €13 in tolls on the way.
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
210 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
2 h
without stops
Countries
1
Ireland
The road, country by country
- 🇮🇪 Ireland · 210 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 | €28 | €13 | €41 | 15 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €27 | €13 | €40 | 14 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €50 | €4 | €54 | 25 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇮🇪 petrol €1.89 · diesel €1.99 /l
Charged on the way
- 🌉 M50 eFlow (Dublin) — €3.5 (Car) · unverified
- 🛑 M4 Kilcock–Enfield–Kinnegad — €3.60
- 🛑 N6 Galway–Ballinasloe — €2.30
- 🛑 M50 barrier-free tolling — €2.60
Where to sleep beside the road
7 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Camac Valley Tourist Caravan & Camping Park · campsite · km 16, 5.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Cunningham's Pub (The Hideout) · campsite · km 67, 4.9 km off the road
- ⛺ Lough Ennell C. & C. Park · camper site · km 81, 8.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Lough Ree East Caravan and Camping · campsite · km 122, 2.6 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Leixlip Spa - Bath · attraction · km 21, 1.6 km off the road
- ◆ Maynooth Castle · attraction · km 27, 1.4 km off the road
- ◆ Rattin Castle · castle · km 68, 0.5 km off the road
- ◆ Durrow High Cross · attraction · km 93, 3.8 km off the road
- ◆ Moydrum Castle · castle · km 122, 2 km off the road
- ◆ Clonmacnoise Castle · castle · km 139, 5.9 km off the road
- ◆ Turoe Stone · attraction · km 176, 2.2 km off the road
- ◆ Athenry Castle · castle · km 188, 1.8 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.