Ankara to Berlin by car
2,650 km, about 27 hours of driving, 7 countries. Estimated total €384 (one way).
What this estimate assumes
Diesel, 6.5 l/100 km, 2 people, one way, passenger car (class 1), a 14-day trip. Starting from the European side of İstanbul — the Bosphorus charge depends on which bank you set off from.
Calculate for your own car →Total estimated cost
€384
- Fuel
- €307
- Tolls
- €77
- Per person
- €192
- Per km (fuel only)
- €0.12
- Per km (tolls included)
- €0.14
- Distance
- 2,650 km
- Duration
- 26 h 43 min
All amounts are estimates and do not replace official tariffs. · Data as of: 2026-08-17
Return trip
€768
Exactly twice the one-way figure. No vignette on this route lasts long enough to cover a 14-day return, so each direction buys its own.
What each country charges
- Turkey: a closed motorway system, €16 by entry and exit gate.
- Bulgaria: motorways are paid by vignette, which comes to €5.30 for this trip.
- Serbia: charged by the kilometre; €23 over 533 km.
- Hungary: motorways are paid by vignette, which comes to €15 for this trip.
- Slovakia: motorways are paid by vignette, which comes to €8.10 for this trip.
- Czechia: motorways are paid by vignette, which comes to €9.54 for this trip.
- Germany: no motorway charge for a car.
Country breakdown
| Country | Distance | Fuel | Tolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 706 km | €6545.9 L × €1.42 | €16
|
| Kapıkule – Kapitan Andreevo | |||
| BulgariaThe vignette is required on most first-class national roads, not just motorways. Prices include the increase of 1 August 2026. The weekend vignette is valid only from Friday 12:00 to Sunday 23:59. | 351 km | €4022.8 L × €1.77 | €5.30
|
| Kalotina – Gradina | |||
| Serbia | 533 km | €6834.7 L × €1.95 | €23
|
| Horgoš – Röszke | |||
| HungaryPrices taken from the official nemzetiutdij.hu e-matrica tariff effective 1 January 2026. | 351 km | €4322.8 L × €1.87 | €15
|
| Hungary → Slovakia border crossing | |||
| Slovakia | 79 km | €9.395.1 L × €1.83 | €8.10
|
| Slovakia → Czechia border crossing | |||
| Czechia | 378 km | €4524.6 L × €1.85 | €9.54
|
| Czechia → Germany border crossing | |||
| GermanyGerman motorways are free for cars. Some cities require an emissions badge (Umweltplakette). | 247 km | €3616.1 L × €2.27 | €0Free |
Lines naming a toll plaza are the published price of a plaza the route actually drives through. Lines reading "tolled road" have their distance measured from the route but charge a national average rate; lines reading "motorway (assumed)" assume the distance too, because plaza-level data does not exist yet for that country. Bridge, tunnel, vignette and published transit prices are actual prices.
About this route
The only route that does not start in İstanbul, and that single difference rewrites the Turkish half of the sum. A journey out of Ankara uses the Anatolian Motorway (O-4) end to end, and that road's gate pairs have been read off the KGM tariff — so most of the Turkish line here is a published fare rather than an estimate. The Bosphorus has to be crossed as well, and which structure the route uses moves the figure noticeably. Past Kapıkule it is the Berlin route exactly; the difference is entirely in the first eight hundred kilometres.
What this figure leaves out
Accommodation, food, waiting at borders, tyres and wear, green card insurance, parking. Only fuel and the charges on the road itself are counted.
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Route geometry measured on 2026-08-26. Prices are recalculated from current data on every deployment. · estimate