The road
Munich to Budapest by car
651 km, about 5 h 42 on the fastest road, through Germany, Austria and Hungary. Fuel from about €85 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €25 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-11-01. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
651 km fastest road, one way · 5 h 42 driving without stops · 3 countries
What does this road cost in your vehicle?
The nights, tolls for your vehicle class, fuel stops and any ferry — planned in seconds.
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 115 km
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 363 km
- 🇭🇺 Hungary · 172 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 644 km, about 6 h 06.
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-10-25 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 €213.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €85 | €25 | €110 | 46 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €90 | €25 | €115 | 42 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €164 | €25 | €189 | 77 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.17 · diesel €2.30 /l
- 🇦🇹 petrol €1.77 · diesel €2.13 /l
- 🇭🇺 petrol €1.75 · diesel €1.93 /l
Charged on the way
- 🎫 Austrian motorway vignette — €9.6 (Vehicle up to 3.5 t (car, motorhome or car + trailer)) · unverified
- 🎫 Hungarian e-vignette (matrica) — €15.15 (D1: car or motorhome ≤ 3.5 t with 7 seats or fewer (registration J = M1/M1G), and the trailer it tows) · unverified
- 🚫 Munich: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker.
Rules on this road
- 🧾 Every toll on this road, for a car, caravan or motorhome
- ❄️ Winter-tyre law: Germany, Austria · studded tyres banned: Germany, Hungary
- 🚫 Low-emission zones — what a car from abroad needs: Germany, Austria
- 🦺 Compulsory kit in the car: Germany, Austria, Hungary
- 🚐 Towing a caravan or in a motorhome — speed limits: Germany, Austria, Hungary
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇦🇹 Austria — Shops are shut on Sundays by law, with station and petrol-station shops the usual exceptions. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇭🇺 Hungary — Many larger shops close on Sundays; smaller and family-run ones may open.
Where to sleep beside the road
111 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Durchreiseplatz · campsite · km 119, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplatz Marchtrenkt · camper site · km 212, 1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 214, 0.8 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Pichlingersee · campsite · km 234, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Nomád Camping · campsite · km 594, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 630, 0.5 km off the road
Places of remembrance near the road: Außenlager-Stele (KZ-Außenlager Gunskirchen) (km 195), Szinnyei József (km 526).
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Museum Erding · museum · km 34, 9.4 km off the road
- ◆ Burg zu Burghausen · attraction · km 102, 9.5 km off the road
- ◆ Strindberg Museum · museum · km 276, 8.5 km off the road
- ◆ Auden Haus · museum · km 354, 0.3 km off the road
🤖 copilot.travel machine-analysed from the place's own page: likely not step-free · cheap or free
- ◆ Hundertwasserhaus · attraction · km 410, 8.9 km off the road
- ◆ Vértesszőlősi előembertelep · museum · km 589, 2.2 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.