The road
Zurich to Milan by car
298 km, about 3 h 06 on the fastest road, through Switzerland and Italy. Fuel from about €39 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €51 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 06
without stops
Countries
2
Switzerland and Italy
The road, country by country
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 254 km
- 🇮🇹 Italy · 44 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 312 km, about 3 h 12.
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 | €39 | €51 | €90 | 21 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €39 | €51 | €90 | 19 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €75 | €52 | €127 | 37 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇨🇭 petrol €1.85 · diesel €1.95 /l
- 🇮🇹 petrol €2.14 · diesel €2.28 /l
Charged on the way
- 🇮🇹 Motorway tolls in Italy: about €1 for a car over 44 km — an estimate; the exact amount depends on the roads you take.
- 🎫 Swiss motorway vignette — €42.51 (Vehicle or trailer up to 3.5 t) · unverified
- 🌉 Gotthard road tunnel — price not held · unverified
- 🌉 Milan Area C — €7.5 (Car (non-resident)) · unverified
- 🚫 Milan: Area B (older vehicle ban) + Area C (centre charge) — Older diesel/petrol; the central Area C is a paid ZTL.
Shops on a Sunday
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland — Sunday trading is restricted almost everywhere — station and petrol-station shops are the reliable exceptions.
Where to sleep beside the road
114 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Camping Buchenhof · campsite · km 53, 0.2 km off the road
- ⛺ Stellplatz Autobahnraststätte Gotthard, Schattdorf · camper site · km 80, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Wohnmobilstellplatz an der Reuss · camper site · km 96, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Camp & Rail Göschenen · camper site · km 103, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Camping Palazzina · campsite · km 193, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Monte Generoso · campsite · km 214, 0.1 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Zytturm · attraction · km 27, 5.6 km off the road
- ◆ Bundesbriefmuseum · museum · km 58, 1.5 km off the road
- ◆ Teufelsbrücke · attraction · km 106, 0.5 km off the road
- ◆ Museo di Val Verzasca · museum · km 147, 8.4 km off the road
- ◆ Castelgrande · attraction · km 176, 1 km off the road
- ◆ Museo della radio · museum · km 187, 0.5 km off the road
Il Museo della Radio si trova a Rivera, nel Canton Ticino in Svizzera ed è dedicato alla storia della radiocomunicazione e a tutti gli apparati audio e video ad essa legati. Wikipedia (it)
- ◆ Museo Fisogni · museum · km 246, 9.3 km off the road
- ◆ Alfa Romeo Museum · museum · km 263, 0.2 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.
- 841 castles — Ruine Schnabelburg (km 22), Burgruine Attinghausen (km 77), Castelgrande (km 175), Castello di Pontegana (km 225)
- 703 climbing
- 692 viewpoints — Aussichtsturm Hochwacht Albis (km 22), Türmli (km 76), Cima dell'Uomo (km 167), Viewpoint (km 231)
- 228 swim spots
- 156 farm shops — Bio Hofladen (km 39), Käsespezialitäten 24/7 (km 63)
- 102 wineries — Winery (km 213)
On this road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.