The road
Warsaw to Vienna by car
696 km, about 5 h 48 on the fastest road, through Poland, Czechia and Austria. Fuel from about €91 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €37 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
696 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
5 h 48
without stops
Countries
3
Poland, Czechia and Austria
The road, country by country
- 🇵🇱 Poland · 348 km
- 🇨🇿 Czechia · 228 km
- 🇦🇹 Austria · 120 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 671 km, about 7 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 | €91 | €37 | €128 | 49 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €94 | €37 | €131 | 45 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €168 | €45 | €213 | 81 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇵🇱 petrol €1.82 · diesel €2.04 /l
- 🇨🇿 petrol €1.88 · diesel €2.07 /l
- 🇦🇹 petrol €1.93 · diesel €2.24 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇵🇱 Motorway tolls in Poland: about €15 for a car over 348 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Austrian motorway vignette — €9.6 (Vehicle up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🎫 Czech e-vignette (dálniční známka) — €12 (Vehicle ≤ 3.5 t) · unverified
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇵🇱 Poland — Most Sundays are non-trading by law, with a few exempt Sundays a year. Small owner-run shops and station shops stay open.
- 🇦🇹 Austria — Shops are shut on Sundays by law, with station and petrol-station shops the usual exceptions. Shop on Saturday.
Where to sleep beside the road
73 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Caravan site / aire · camper site · km 103, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Camper · camper site · km 371, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Sdružení naturistů Ostrava · campsite · km 391, 0.7 km off the road
- ⛺ Camp Landek Park · campsite · km 396, 0.5 km off the road
- ⛺ Autokemp Merkur Pasohlávky · camper site · km 596, 0.4 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Mikulov · campsite · km 607, 0.6 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Dwór Zarybie · attraction · km 27, 5.1 km off the road
- ◆ Cmentarz wojenny z okresu Bitwy Łódzkiej · attraction · km 123, 1.7 km off the road
- ◆ Jasna Góra · attraction · km 246, 5.2 km off the road
- ◆ Guido Mine and Coal Mining Museum · museum · km 331, 4.7 km off the road
The Guido mine (Polish: Kopalnia Guido, formerly Zabytkowa Kopalnia Węgla Kamiennego) is a historic deep coal mine and museum in Zabrze, Silesia, Poland. Wikipedia (en)
- ◆ Sanktuarium Bożego Ciała · attraction · km 362, 4.3 km off the road
- ◆ Starojičínský hrad · ruins · km 435, 9.4 km off the road
- ◆ MiG-21 · attraction · km 527, 3.3 km off the road
- ◆ Kolonáda na Rajstně · attraction · km 618, 5.8 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.
- 599 castles — Fundamenty wieży nr 8 Transatlantyckiej Centrali Radiotelegraficznej Bemowo (km 16), Jasna Góra (km 245), Sąd Rejonowy w Rybniku (km 360), svatý Pantaleon (km 523)
- 382 viewpoints — Viewpoint (km 311), Wieża widokowa Graniczne Meandry Odry (km 385), Památná lípa na Láni (km 410), Chocholík (km 530)
- 311 swim spots — Park Wodny Częstochowa (km 237), Aquadrom (km 331), Lázně Brno-Zábrdovice (km 557), Riviéra (km 561)
- 291 wineries — Vinařství Garčic (km 599), Vinařství Drmola (km 602), Winery (km 619), Schloss Raggendorf (km 654)
- 232 climbing
- 112 farm shops
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.