The road
Vienna to Budapest by car
243 km, about 2 h 12 on the fastest road, through Austria and Hungary. Fuel from about €30 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.
243 km fastest road, one way · 2 h 12 driving without stops · 2 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
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 71 km
- 🇭🇺 Hungary · 172 km
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 €23 — with the fuel and tolls below about €106.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €30 | €25 | €55 | 17 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €32 | €25 | €57 | 16 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €58 | €25 | €83 | 29 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇦🇹 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
Rules on this road
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇦🇹 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
49 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Camping Harrachpark · camper site · km 40, 1.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Nova Rock Camping · campsite · km 68, 1.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Kis-Duna Camping · campsite · km 87, 1.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Vízitúra táborhely · campsite · km 87, 1.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Nomád Camping · campsite · km 186, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 222, 0.5 km off the road
Places of remembrance near the road: Turul-emlékmű (km 184).
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Schloss Orth an der Donau, Nationalparkzentrum und Museum · castle · km 25, 6 km off the road
- ◆ Schauanlage Ungerberg 3 (U3) · museum · km 45, 1.5 km off the road
- ◆ Mosonmagyaróvári vár · attraction · km 83, 3.5 km off the road
- ◆ Szent Jakab-templom · attraction · km 101, 2.5 km off the road
- ◆ AD STATUA · ruins · km 140, 5.7 km off the road
- ◆ Brigetio: Földvár no. 8-11 · ruins · km 165, 7 km off the road
- ◆ Zsámbéki romtemplom · attraction · km 214, 4.3 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.