The road
Graz to Zadar by car
453 km, about 4 h 36 on the fastest road, through Austria, Slovenia and Croatia. Fuel from about €58 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €47 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-10-09. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
453 km fastest road, one way · 4 h 36 driving without stops · 3 countries
The road, country by country
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 74 km
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia · 67 km
- 🇭🇷 Croatia · 312 km
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-27 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 €24 — with the fuel and tolls below about €198.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €58 | €47 | €105 | 32 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €61 | €47 | €108 | 29 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €112 | €62 | €174 | 54 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇦🇹 petrol €1.96 · diesel €2.26 /l
- 🇸🇮 petrol €1.75 · diesel €2.01 /l
- 🇭🇷 petrol €1.81 · diesel €2.04 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇭🇷 Motorway tolls in Croatia: about €21 for a car over 312 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Austrian motorway vignette — €9.6 (Vehicle up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🎫 Slovenian e-vignette — €16 (Car / campervan ≤ 3.5 t (class 2A)) · unverified
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇦🇹 Austria — Shops are shut on Sundays by law, with station and petrol-station shops the usual exceptions. Shop on Saturday.
Where to sleep beside the road
85 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Camping Platz Schwarzlsee · campsite · km 12, 0.7 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: a dump station · electric hook-ups · motorhomes can come · no dogs · showers and toilets · tents welcome · water within walking distance · swimming
- ⛺ Dolina pod Brlogo · campsite · km 53, 0.8 km off the road
- ⛺ Majolka · camper site · km 101, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Bee Happy · campsite · km 105, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Kamp Zagreb · campsite · km 171, 0.7 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping · campsite · km 426, 0.4 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Schloss Gjaidhof · castle · km 13, 4.8 km off the road
- ◆ Water tower · attraction · km 68, 2.9 km off the road
- ◆ Dvorac Donja Bedekovčina · castle · km 141, 3.7 km off the road
- ◆ Nikola Tesla Technical Museum · museum · km 177, 7 km off the road
- ◆ Stari grad Bosiljevo · castle · km 244, 0.6 km off the road
- ◆ Sokolac · castle · km 298, 0.9 km off the road
- ◆ Stari grad Bilaj · fort · km 365, 1.7 km off the road
- ◆ Tvrđava Fortica · fort · km 424, 5.8 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.