The road
Munich to Zurich by car
298 km, about 3 h 30 on the fastest road, through Germany and Switzerland. Fuel from about €45 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €43 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
298 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
3 h 30
without stops
Countries
2
Germany and Switzerland
The road, country by country
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 192 km
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 106 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 312 km, about 3 h 18.
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 | €45 | €43 | €88 | 21 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €44 | €43 | €87 | 19 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €81 | €52 | €133 | 37 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
- 🇨🇭 petrol €1.85 · diesel €1.95 /l
Charged on the way
- 🎫 Swiss motorway vignette — €42.51 (Vehicle or trailer up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🚫 Munich: Umweltzone (green Umweltplakette) — Any vehicle without a green sticker.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland — Sunday trading is restricted almost everywhere — station and petrol-station shops are the reliable exceptions.
Where to sleep beside the road
158 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Camping am See International · campsite · km 117, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Schloss Helmsdorf · campsite · km 208, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Schloss Kirchberg · campsite · km 212, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Alpenblick · campsite · km 212, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 227, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Europabrücke · camper site · km 228, 0 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 Leutstetten · castle · km 23, 8.3 km off the road
- ◆ Kaltenberger Ritterturnier · attraction · km 46, 7.2 km off the road
- ◆ Mindelburg · attraction · km 89, 1.2 km off the road
- ◆ Pfarrkirche St. Verena · attraction · km 119, 8 km off the road
- ◆ Burgruine Alt-Schönstein · castle · km 175, 5.2 km off the road
- ◆ Dornier-Museum · museum · km 198, 1.8 km off the road
- ◆ Bernhard Goldlust · memorial · km 226, 0.3 km off the road
- ◆ Kunst Museum Winterthur / Beim Stadthaus · museum · km 274, 2.4 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.
- 573 swim spots — Beach / swim spot (km 35), Naturkneippanlage (km 70), Strandbad Bad Schachen (km 179), Strandbad Eriskirch (km 193)
- 544 viewpoints — Bismarckturm Memmingen (km 115), Wachbühl (km 135), Siggener Höhe (km 152), Seeburgturm (km 225)
- 371 farm shops — Finkhof (km 136)
- 351 castles — Schloss Blutenburg (km 13), Castle (km 78), Burgruine Altratzenried (km 153), Schloss Seeburg (km 225)
- 107 wineries — Winzerverein Hagnau (km 212), Markgraf von Baden (km 216), Spitalkellerei (km 225)
- 59 spas — Lindenhofbad (km 180), Brauiweiher Weisslingen/Agasul (km 278)
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.