Road Trip Cost Calculator 2026: 29 Countries, One Total
Price a drive between 29 countries on official pump prices, plus the destination's vignette: Austria EUR 12.80 for 10 days, Slovenia EUR 16 for 7.
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Distance and driving time from our route pages; "tolls" means at least one tolled motorway or vignette on the way. Open a route for the exact toll and vignette breakdown, or run your own trip in the calculator above.
| Route | Distance | Driving time | Tolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munich to Venice 2026 | 490 km | ≈ 5 h | yes |
| Amsterdam to Berlin 2026 | 660 km | ≈ 6.5 h | none |
| Berlin to Prague 2026 | 350 km | ≈ 3.5 h | yes |
| Milan to Nice 2026 | 340 km | ≈ 4 h | yes |
| Vienna to Budapest Distance 2026 | 240 km | ≈ 2.5 h | yes |
| Barcelona to Madrid 2026 | 620 km | ≈ 6 h | yes |
| Hamburg to Copenhagen Distance 2026 | 470 km | ≈ 5 h | yes |
Most road-trip budgets come apart at the border rather than at the pump. A Munich to Budapest drive needs two motorway vignettes, Austria’s EUR 12.80 ten-day sticker and Hungary’s HUF 6,900 ten-day e-matrica, before a single litre of fuel. This calculator prices a drive between 29 countries from your distance, consumption and fuel type, at the official pump prices of the countries you start and finish in, and adds the destination’s vignette.
Road Trip Cost Calculator
What This Tool Does
How to Use It
- Pick the country you start in and the one you drive to.
- Choose petrol or diesel and enter your car’s consumption.
- Type the route distance if you know it; otherwise the tool uses an approximate capital-to-capital figure.
- Read the breakdown: fuel, vignette and any distance tolls to add yourself.
Worked Example: a 1,000 km trip
A 1,000 km drive at 7.5 L/100 km burns 75 litres; at a pump price of EUR 2.00 that is EUR 150 of fuel, before tolls. Change any input above and the total updates.
- Fuel used = 1,000 × (7.5 ÷ 100) = 75 litres
- Fuel cost = 75 × EUR 2.00 = EUR 150
- Vignette = the destination’s sticker if it has one, for example EUR 12.80 for Austria
- Distance tolls = priced on the operator’s own calculator for your route
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Frequently Asked Questions
It multiplies the distance by your consumption to get litres, prices them at the average of the two countries' official pump prices, and adds the destination's shortest tourist vignette. Without a typed distance it uses an approximate capital-to-capital figure.
Vignette prices come from the national operators' 2026 tariffs. Distance-based motorway tolls, as in France, Italy and Spain, depend on the exact stretch, so the tool flags them rather than adding a guessed per-kilometre rate.
Use your vehicle's official or real-world fuel consumption figure. A typical petrol car consumes 7-9 L/100km, a diesel 5-7 L/100km, and a large SUV 10-14 L/100km. You can find your vehicle's consumption in the owner's manual or by tracking your own fuel usage over several fill-ups.
Yes. It averages the official pump prices of the start and finish countries, using the European Commission's Weekly Oil Bulletin for EU countries and national sources elsewhere. If a country has no official figure, only the other country's price is used, and if neither has one the fuel line is left out.
Avoid toll motorways where possible (though this increases travel time). Fill up in cheaper countries. Drive at steady speeds — fuel consumption increases dramatically above 120 km/h. Use cruise control on motorways. Travel light to reduce weight. Consider a diesel or hybrid vehicle for long trips.
Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Bulgaria sell motorway vignettes instead of charging per trip. Short-term ones last 7 to 10 days, Switzerland sells only a yearly CHF 40 vignette. The calculator adds the destination country's vignette.