The road
Madrid to Porto by car
563 km, about 5 h 06 on the fastest road, through Spain and Portugal. Fuel from about €79 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €35 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
563 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
5 h 06
without stops
Countries
2
Spain and Portugal
The road, country by country
- 🇪🇸 Spain · 302 km
- 🇵🇹 Portugal · 261 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 569 km, about 5 h 12.
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 | €79 | €35 | €114 | 39 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €75 | €35 | €110 | 37 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €140 | €61 | €201 | 68 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇪🇸 petrol €1.93 · diesel €1.92 /l
- 🇵🇹 petrol €2.11 · diesel €2.21 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇵🇹 Motorway tolls in Portugal: about €20 for a car over 261 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🇪🇸 Motorway tolls in Spain: about €15 for a car over 302 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🚫 Madrid: ZBE (Madrid 360 / Central) — By environmental label; no label = no central access.
Where to sleep beside the road
64 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 44, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Albergue Juvenil Campamento Alto de León · campsite · km 56, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Regio · campsite · km 206, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Área de Autocaravanas Carbajosa de la Sagrada · camper site · km 210, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping La Pesquera · campsite · km 301, 0.6 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 329, 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.
- ◆ Busto de Manuel López Villaseñor · memorial · km 28, 0.2 km off the road
- ◆ Catedral de Ávila · attraction · km 109, 1.9 km off the road
- ◆ Cueva de Salamanca · attraction · km 210, 2 km off the road
- ◆ Puente Romano · attraction · km 211, 1.8 km off the road
- ◆ Real Fuerte de la Concepción · castle · km 329, 9.8 km off the road
- ◆ Castelo de Celorico da Beira · castle · km 386, 1.1 km off the road
- ◆ Museu Nacional Grão Vasco · museum · km 436, 3.6 km off the road
- ◆ Rua da Ponte Vouga · attraction · km 497, 3.8 km off the road
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.
- 321 castles — Palacio del Infante don Luis (km 14), Castillo-Palacio de Castronuevo (km 150), Ruinas del Convento de San Francisco (km 297), Casa de Santa Eufémia (km 424)
- 171 viewpoints — Terração (km 363), Rio Ferreira e Rio Simão (km 551)
- 127 swim spots — Praia de Cortegaça (km 526), Praia de São Pedro de Maceda (km 526), Praia de Paramos (km 532), Praia de Silvalde (km 532)
- 56 wineries — Solar do Dão (km 428)
- 36 climbing
- 25 golf — Montebelo Golfe (km 443)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.