What driving across Europe costs in tolls, vignettes, bridges and fuel
Four ways to pay for a motorway — by the kilometre, by sticker, at a bridge or nothing at all — compared from the operators' published tariffs.
What 100 km of tolled motorway costs
France is the dearest per kilometre (≈ €11 per 100 km for a car). 11 countries' motorways are free for a car — 5 of them with tolled bridges, tunnels or city charges (*) — and 8 sell a sticker for a period instead.[1]
* Free motorways, with these tolls: Belgium — Liefkenshoek tunnel; Denmark — Great Belt bridge, Øresund bridge; Netherlands — Westerschelde tunnel; Sweden — Øresund bridge, Stockholm congestion tax, Gothenburg congestion tax, Sundsvall bridge, Motala bridge; United Kingdom — Dartford Crossing, M6 Toll, London Congestion Charge. Norway charges at automatic toll stations across the country.[2]
Per-km countries show the typical rate we hold per country; exact rates differ by road (see the full data). Vignette countries show the shortest pass on sale.
The map’s numbers
| Country | How | Car /100 km | Motorhome /100 km | Shortest pass |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | vignette | — | — | €9.60 1 day |
| Belgium | free* | €0 | €0 | — |
| Bulgaria | vignette | — | — | €5.11 weekend |
| Croatia | by distance | ≈ €8.0 | ≈ €12.6 | — |
| Czech Republic | vignette | — | — | €12 10 days |
| Denmark | free* | €0 | €0 | — |
| Estonia | free | €0 | €0 | — |
| Finland | free | €0 | €0 | — |
| France | by distance | ≈ €11.0 | ≈ €19.8 | — |
| Germany | free | €0 | €0 | — |
| Greece | by distance | ≈ €4.0 | ≈ €10.0 | — |
| Hungary | vignette | — | — | €17.50 10 days |
| Ireland | at plazas | — | — | — |
| Italy | by distance | ≈ €7.0 | ≈ €10.5 | — |
| Latvia | free | €0 | €0 | — |
| Lithuania | free | €0 | €0 | — |
| Luxembourg | free | €0 | €0 | — |
| Netherlands | free* | €0 | €0 | — |
| Norway | at toll stations | — | — | — |
| Poland | by distance | ≈ €5.0 | ≈ €9.0 | — |
| Portugal | by distance | ≈ €9.0 | ≈ €16.2 | — |
| Romania | vignette | — | — | €3.50 1 day |
| Serbia | by distance | ≈ €4.0 | ≈ €7.2 | — |
| Slovakia | vignette | — | — | €8.10 1 day |
| Slovenia | vignette | — | — | €16 7 days |
| Spain | by distance | ≈ €6.0 | ≈ €10.8 | — |
| Sweden | free* | €0 | €0 | — |
| Switzerland | vignette | — | — | CHF 40 year |
| United Kingdom | free* | €0 | €0 | — |
Two bridges cost more than all of France
Spain €0 · Stockholm congestion tax €2.68
Driving Helsinki to Costa del Sol by motorhome (4,555 km, planned 11 Oct 2026), the Øresund and Great Belt bridges cost €225 together. Every French motorway toll on the same route came to €121, and Spain's toll-free autovías added nothing.[3,4,5]
The Alps are priced by the hole you choose
* secondary sources only; the operator publishes no figure we could read.
Mont Blanc costs a car €56.40 one way; the Gotthard costs nothing beyond the Swiss vignette. The Brenner is €12.50 on top of Austria's vignette.[6,7,8,9]
Where you fill the tank matters more than most tolls
A 60-litre fill of petrol costs €65 more in Denmark than in Poland — more than the Brenner, Austria's 10-day vignette and the Great Belt bridge together (€57).[10]
† Sweden: diesel currently costs well over petrol at the pump; national averages on 11 Oct 2026 were 18.83 kr (95) and 22.88 kr (diesel) per litre (bensinpriser.nu).
The chart’s numbers
| Country | Petrol, 60 L | Diesel, 60 L |
|---|---|---|
| Poland | €91.20 | €105.84 |
| Sweden | €95.34 | €127.08 |
| Bulgaria | €99.78 | €113.58 |
| Hungary | €103.56 | €115.68 |
| Slovenia | €105.78 | €118.86 |
| Croatia | €109.62 | €119.04 |
| Austria | €110.22 | €128.28 |
| Luxembourg | €110.22 | €123.42 |
| Slovakia | €110.70 | €118.32 |
| Czechia | €110.82 | €117.12 |
| Spain | €110.94 | €115.08 |
| Romania | €113.16 | €123.00 |
| Lithuania | €116.28 | €134.46 |
| Estonia | €116.70 | €125.76 |
| Belgium | €117.54 | €140.94 |
| Latvia | €117.72 | €127.20 |
| Ireland | €118.98 | €129.84 |
| Italy | €124.38 | €136.38 |
| Portugal | €124.86 | €129.30 |
| Germany | €131.76 | €135.24 |
| Greece | €132.18 | €129.96 |
| France | €132.72 | €141.30 |
| Finland | €142.20 | €153.18 |
| Netherlands | €145.92 | €150.36 |
| Denmark | €156.30 | €149.28 |
Three more things
- The Westerschelde tunnel is free for cars but €18.20 for anything over 3 m high, roof boxes included — so most campers still pay.[11]
- Austria's 10-day vignette costs €3.20 more than its 1-day pass (€9.60 vs €12.80); Switzerland sells only a 14-month one (CHF 40, ≈ €43), even for a two-hour transit.[12,13]
- Spain freed the AP-4 and AP-2 in 2020–21 and Portugal its former shadow-toll motorways (A22, A23, A24, A25 and A28) on 1 January 2025, so older cost guides overcharge these routes.[14]
The full data
Every tariff we hold, with its source and the date we checked it. tariffs.csv · README.txt
Free to use with credit: copilot.travel (CC BY 4.0). Tariffs are the operators' and authorities' published prices; we checked them on the dates shown.
Bridges and tunnels, car vs motorhome, one way
| Crossing | Car | Motorhome | × | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Øresund bridge[4]Motorhome 6–10 m | 520 DKK≈ €70 | 1,040 DKK≈ €139 | 2.0 | 2026-08-11 |
| Great Belt bridge[5]Motorhome 6–10 m | 235 DKK≈ €31 | 645 DKK≈ €86 | 2.7 | 2026-08-11 |
| Westerschelde tunnel[11]Over 3 m high, under 12 m long (category 3) | free | €18.20 | — | 2026-08-11 |
| Mont Blanc tunnel, one way[6]Camper / higher class | €56.40 | €73.30 | 1.3 | 2026-08-11 |
| Spanish & Portuguese per-km roads | car rate | × 1.8 | 1.8 | — |
| Italian autostrade | car rate | × 1.5 | 1.5 | — |
Vignettes: the cheapest pass covering a week (car ≤ 3.5 t)
| Country | Pass | Price | Shortest | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania[15] | 10 days | €6.00 | 1 day€3.50 | 2026-08-11 |
| Bulgaria[16] | 7 days | €7.67 | weekend€5.11 | 2026-08-11 |
| Slovakia[17] | 10 days | €10.80 | 1 day€8.10 | 2026-08-11 |
| Czechia[18] | 10 days | €12.00 | — | 2026-08-11 |
| Austria[12] | 10 days | €12.80 | 1 day€9.60 | 2026-08-11 |
| Slovenia[19] | 7 days | €16.00 | — | 2026-08-11 |
| Hungary[20] | 10 days | €17.50 | — | 2026-08-11 |
| Switzerland[13] | 14 months | 40 CHF≈ €43 | — | 2026-08-11 |
Per-km roads (car)
| Road | € per km | € per 100 km |
|---|---|---|
| Spain's AP-6 | €0.218 | €21.80 |
| Portugal's A1 | €0.089 | €8.90 |
| Italy's A22 (the Brenner autostrada) | €0.071 | €7.10 |
Notes, caveats and sources (21)
- Prices are for a single trip in the cheapest public class for a car or a motorhome up to 3.5 t (6–10 m where the class goes by length). Tags and subscriptions are cheaper.
- Prices in DKK and CHF are converted at the European Central Bank rate in the sources; the booth charges the local currency.
- Route figures are what one planned route passed on the date shown; another day or route differs.
- Where we don't hold a tariff we say so: North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania are not priced, and Serbia's figure is a typical rate, not its published tariff. Poland charges cars only on three concession motorways.
- The Great Belt motorhome bands come from one secondary source; the operator's own page renders its table in a way we couldn't read.
- Sweden: diesel currently costs well over petrol at the pump; national averages on 11 Oct 2026 were 18.83 kr (95) and 22.88 kr (diesel) per litre (bensinpriser.nu).
- Per-country typical motorway rates, vignettes and free networks: the tariffs we hold per country (see the full data and tariffs.csv). Borders: Natural Earth.
- Norway's toll stations: NVDB toll stations (Statens vegvesen, NLOD); the other tolls: the crossings and city charges we hold.
- A planned route Helsinki → Costa del Sol, motorhome, 2 people, planned 11 Oct 2026: the bridges at the operators' published prices, French tolls from the operators' station tariffs.
- Øresund bridge: oresundsbron.com, checked 2026-08-11
- Great Belt bridge: storebaelt.dk, checked 2026-08-11
- Mont Blanc tunnel: tunnelmb.net, checked 2026-08-11
- Fréjus tunnel: sitaf.it, checked 2026-08-11
- Great St Bernard tunnel: letunnel.com, checked 2026-08-11
- Brenner motorway (A13): adac.de (secondary source), checked 2026-08-11
- EU Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin, prices with taxes, week of 2026-10-05.
- Westerschelde tunnel: westerscheldetunnel.nl, checked 2026-08-11
- Austria vignette: asfinag.at, checked 2026-08-11
- Switzerland vignette: ch.ch, checked 2026-08-11
- Spain: Ministerio de Transportes, peajes vigentes 1 Jan 2025; Portugal: the 2025 per-class tariffs; Italy: the A22 concession rate.
- Romania vignette: roviniete.ro, checked 2026-08-11
- Bulgaria vignette: bgtoll.bg, checked 2026-08-11
- Slovakia vignette: eznamka.sk, checked 2026-08-11
- Czechia vignette: edalnice.cz, checked 2026-08-11
- Slovenia vignette: evinjeta.dars.si, checked 2026-08-11
- Hungary vignette: nemzetiutdij.hu, checked 2026-08-11
- Currency: European Central Bank reference rates of 2026-10-09 (7.4751 DKK, 0.9313 CHF per euro).