Istanbul to Rhodes by car
778 km, about 9 hours of driving, 2 countries. Estimated total €268 (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
€268
- Fuel
- €67
- Tolls
- €200
- Per person
- €134
- Per km (fuel only)
- €0.09
- Per km (tolls included)
- €0.34
- Distance
- 778 km
- Duration
- 8 h 48 min
All amounts are estimates and do not replace official tariffs. · Data as of: 2026-08-17
Return trip
€536
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, €60 by entry and exit gate.
- Greece: charged by the kilometre; €0 over 4 km.
Country breakdown
| Country | Distance | Fuel | Tolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 725 km | €6747.1 L × €1.42 | €60
|
| Ferry | 48 km | €0 | €140
|
| Greece | 4 km | €0.530.3 L × €2.00 | €0
|
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 route that puts the car on a ship, and the proportion is startling: in the measurement the ticket comes close to the fuel for seven hundred kilometres of driving. Rhodes is an island, so the journey is two pieces — land and sea — and the sea piece is paid for with a ticket rather than by the kilometre. The ferry fare moves with the operator, the season and the vehicle class, so it is held as a band and the line is marked as an estimate. The land half comes from Turkey's closed-system tariff, the Osmangazi Bridge and the Eurasia Tunnel included. The problem common to every island calculation is on display here.
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