The road
Vienna to Salzburg by car
301 km, about 2 h 36 on the fastest road, through Austria and Germany. Fuel from about €41 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €10 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
301 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
2 h 36
without stops
Countries
2
Austria and Germany
The road, country by country
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 296 km
- 🇩🇪 Germany · 5 km
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 | €41 | €10 | €51 | 21 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €44 | €10 | €54 | 20 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €81 | €10 | €91 | 36 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇦🇹 petrol €1.93 · diesel €2.24 /l
- 🇩🇪 petrol €2.35 · diesel €2.46 /l
Charged on the way
- 🎫 Austrian motorway vignette — €9.6 (Vehicle up to 3.5 t) · 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.
- 🇩🇪 Germany — Supermarkets are shut on Sundays by law — the exceptions are stations, airports and petrol stations. Shop on Saturday.
Where to sleep beside the road
70 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Wohnmobilabstellplatz MICAMPA Wienerwald · camper site · km 14, 1.2 km off the road
- ⛺ MICAMPA Wien Wienerwald · campsite · km 14, 1.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplatz Melk · camper site · km 88, 1.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Campingplatz Pichlingersee · campsite · km 169, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping@Unternhub · campsite · km 199, 0.7 km off the road
- ⛺ Scout Camp Austria · campsite · km 246, 1.6 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Doppelgrab von Olivier und Alexander Loudon · attraction · km 16, 1.6 km off the road
- ◆ Auden Haus · museum · km 50, 0.3 km off the road
- ◆ Judenmassaker 2.5.1945 · memorial · km 107, 5 km off the road
- ◆ Schloss Ulmerfeld · castle · km 131, 5 km off the road
- ◆ KZ-Gedenkstätte Mauthausen · museum · km 160, 6.3 km off the road
- ◆ Burg Wels · castle · km 194, 7.2 km off the road
- ◆ Der Bauernhügel · memorial · km 227, 4.2 km off the road
- ◆ Schloss Mondsee · attraction · km 269, 0.3 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.
- 360 viewpoints — Wiener Blick (km 12), Dachberg-Warte (km 88), Stadtturm (km 160), Schober (km 273)
- 333 swim spots — Hütteldorfer Bad (km 13), Zone A - Baden (km 184)
- 270 castles — Miller-von-Aichholz Schlössel (km 13), Schloss Mitterau (km 77), Schloss St. Pantaleon (km 156), Schloß Cumberland (km 226)
- 178 farm shops — Nußböckgut (km 173)
- 66 climbing — Seenot klettern (km 263), Bergführerkante klettern (km 263)
- 48 golf
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.