Istanbul to Vienna by car
1,558 km, about 16 hours of driving, 5 countries. Estimated total €239 (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
€239
- Fuel
- €183
- Tolls
- €56
- Per person
- €120
- Per km (fuel only)
- €0.12
- Per km (tolls included)
- €0.15
- Distance
- 1,558 km
- Duration
- 16 h 1 min
All amounts are estimates and do not replace official tariffs. · Data as of: 2026-08-17
Return trip
€478
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, €3.42 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.
- Austria: motorways are paid by vignette, which comes to €9.60 for this trip.
Country breakdown
| Country | Distance | Fuel | Tolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 257 km | €2416.7 L × €1.42 | €3.42
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| 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. | 346 km | €4222.5 L × €1.87 | €15
|
| Hegyeshalom – Nickelsdorf | |||
| AustriaSpecial sections such as Brenner, Tauern and Karawanken are charged separately. Annual and 2-month digital vignettes only become valid 18 days after purchase. | 68 km | €9.094.5 L × €2.04 | €9.60
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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 corridor at half length: it stops after Hungary and ends in Vienna, so it shows the first half of the diaspora drive on its own. Austria sells a vignette, but the vignette does not cover every road — the special-charge sections are paid separately and appear here as their own lines. Serbia charges by the kilometre at a booth and is usually the single heaviest crossing on the way. The choice of vignette duration matters here too: ten days or a week depends on how long the trip lasts, and the difference is not small.
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