Czechia Dropped the Sticker: CZK 300 E-Vignette in 2026
Czechia's vignette has been plate-linked and digital since 2021: CZK 300 for 10 days, CZK 2,570 for a year, and up to CZK 20,000 for driving without one.
Czechia's motorway vignette is fully electronic and linked to your number plate, costing CZK 300 for 10 days or CZK 2,570 for a year, with a fine of up to CZK 20,000 for driving without one.
There is nothing to peel and nothing to display in Czechia any more — the vignette went fully electronic in 2021 and now exists as a number plate entry in the official database, checked by camera. On the 2026 price list for standard fuel it costs CZK 300 for 10 days, CZK 480 for 30 days and CZK 2,570 for a year, bought at edalnice.cz, through its app, or at petrol stations and post offices. Precisely because nothing sits on the windscreen, it is easy to forget you need one at all, and driving a motorway without a valid entry can reach CZK 20,000.
No sticker — it’s all online
Czechia’s vignette (e-známka) is digital only. You buy it at the official edalnice.cz (or its app, petrol stations and post offices), enter your number plate and dates, and you’re registered in the database — nothing to print or stick on. Cameras read your plate to check it.
Lengths are 1-day, 10-day, 30-day and annual; the 10-day suits most visitors. The price list in force is dated 1 January 2026, and edalnice.cz had not published a 2027 list by 3 October 2026.
Buy official, buy before you drive
Use edalnice.cz, not a reseller adding a fee — the pass is identical. And because there’s nothing physical, it’s easy to set off without one: buy it before you reach the border, allowing a little time for it to activate.
The fine
Driving on a Czech toll road without a valid e-vignette is up to CZK 20,000 (about €825), per the official edalnice.cz inspection-and-fines page, enforced automatically by camera since the system is electronic. Foreign plates are traced, and a hire car passes the penalty back to you with an admin fee — the same trap as any driving fine abroad.
What it actually costs — and the typo that cancels it
On the price list valid from 1 January 2026 (standard fuel vehicles), the figures are: CZK 230 for one day, CZK 300 for 10 days (about €12), CZK 480 for 30 days (about €20), and CZK 2,570 for a year (about €106). Notice how narrow the gap is between the 10-day and the 30-day — roughly €8. If your trip runs anywhere near two weeks, or you might come back within the month, the 30-day is the obvious buy. The annual only makes sense if you cross Czechia regularly, but at around €106 it pays for itself after eight or nine separate 10-day trips.
When you buy on edalnice.cz, you pick the date and time the vignette activates — it doesn’t have to start immediately. That’s genuinely useful: buy it from home a week before the trip and set it to start the morning you cross the border. What you can’t do is buy it after you’re already rolling down a D-series motorway (dálnice) — it must be active before you enter one.
Now the part that catches people out. Because the whole system hangs off your number plate, the plate you type is the only proof you’ve paid. Get one character wrong — or select the wrong country for the plate — and the cameras see an unpaid car, full stop. There’s no sticker to wave at anyone, no benefit of the doubt from a machine. Triple-check the plate against the registration document before you pay, not from memory.
Cleaner cars pay less or nothing. On the same 2026 list a car running on CNG, LNG or biomethane pays half (CZK 1,280 a year, CZK 150 for 10 days), a plug-in hybrid emitting no more than 50 g CO2/km pays CZK 640 a year, and electric and hydrogen cars are exempt. A foreign-registered car has to be registered for the exemption on edalnice.cz; it does not apply automatically.
If the cameras do flag you, driving a D-motorway without a valid e-vignette carries a fine of up to CZK 20,000 (about €825), per the official edalnice.cz fines page. Against a €12 pass, that’s not a gamble worth taking.
Before you drive into Czechia
- Buy the 10-day e-vignette at edalnice.cz before you cross the border.
- Enter your number plate carefully — that’s what the cameras check.
- Skip the resellers.
- Compare with the other vignette countries in our all 9 vignette countries, or check the vignette calculator.
Sources
- State Fund for Transport Infrastructure, e-vignette price list valid from 1 January 2026, including reduced and zero rates: edalnice.gov.cz
- Official e-vignette shop and rules: edalnice.gov.cz
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Frequently Asked Questions
No. The Czech Republic moved to a fully electronic vignette (e-známka) in 2021 — there is no sticker to buy or display any more. Your number plate is registered in the official database for the period you've paid for, and cameras check it automatically. If you're remembering an old Czech sticker, that system no longer exists; everything is now online.
From the official site edalnice.cz or its mobile app, and also at petrol stations and post offices in and around Czechia. Buy directly from the official source — third-party reseller sites add a service fee for the identical pass. You enter your number plate and the dates, pay, and you're covered; there's nothing to print or stick on. Allow for it to activate, so buy before you reach the border rather than at the roadside.
Czechia sells a 1-day, a 10-day, a 30-day and an annual e-vignette; the 10-day is right for most visitors. On the price list valid from 1 January 2026 (standard fuel), that's CZK 230 for a day, CZK 300 for 10 days, CZK 480 for 30 days and CZK 2,570 for the year. No 2027 price list had appeared on edalnice.cz by 3 October 2026. The vignette covers the motorway (dálnice) network; ordinary roads are free, so in principle you can avoid it by staying off the motorways, though that's much slower for transit through the country.
Up to CZK 20,000 (about €825) for using a toll road without a valid electronic vignette, per the official edalnice.cz inspection-and-fines page — enforcement is camera-based, and foreign-registered cars are traced. In a hire car the fine is passed back to you with an admin fee, so a cheap 10-day pass you forgot to buy can become a costly mistake.
If your route uses Czech motorways — and the main transit roads (Prague–Brno, the D1, the routes to the German, Austrian and Polish borders) are motorways — then yes, you need the e-vignette even for a quick crossing. Buy the 10-day online before you enter the country. If you genuinely only use ordinary roads you can skip it, but that's rarely practical for through-traffic.