Motorway vignettes 2026: Austria, Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary, Slovenia

If your drive uses motorways in Austria, Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary or Slovenia, the car needs a vignette for that country before it joins the first tolled section. All five sell it online, linked to the number plate. Every price here is for a car up to 3.5 t and was checked on 26 September 2026, on the official operator sites unless a note says otherwise.

2026 vignette prices at a glance

Calendar day or rolling period?

One-day vignettes follow the calendar, not the clock: bought at 6 pm, one gives you six hours.

• Austria: 1-day is one calendar day, midnight to midnight. A 10-day vignette from 10 January ends at midnight on 19 January; a 2-month one from 10 January ends at midnight on 10 March. The 2026 annual vignette is valid from 1 December 2025 and always ends on 31 January 2027, whenever you buy it.
• Slovakia: 1-day runs until 24:00 on the chosen day. The 10-, 30- and 365-day vignettes count the chosen start day as day one.
• Czechia: 1-day ends at 23:59:59 on the chosen day. The 10- and 30-day ones include the start day; the annual one runs one year from the start date you pick. You can buy up to 30 days ahead.
• Hungary: daily covers 0:00–24:00; 10-day is the start day plus nine; monthly ends at 24:00 on the same date next month. National and county annual vignettes for 2026 run until 31 January 2027.
• Slovenia: the annual e-vignette runs one year from the chosen date (15 April to 15 April inclusive). Any type can start up to 30 days after purchase. Annual e-vignettes still valid on 1 December 2025 were extended automatically by four months; DARS's online check shows the new end date.

Where to buy: official shops only

• Austria: shop.asfinag.at, the ASFINAG app, ASFINAG vending machines, or more than 6,000 outlets in Austria and abroad. The 1-day vignette is sold only in the ASFINAG shop and app. ASFINAG's official online partners are ADAC, Autopay and Tolltickets.
• Slovakia: eznamka.sk, which NDS calls the only official website selling at the legal prices, the official eznamka app, or official points of sale marked 'eznamka' at selected petrol stations and border crossings.
• Czechia: edalnice.gov.cz, Czech Post branches, EuroOil and RoBiN OIL stations, and self-service kiosks.
• Hungary: nemzetimobilfizetes.gov.hu, the state National Mobile Payment service, also by app or SMS.
• Slovenia: evinjeta.dars.si, DARS points of sale (DarsGo services), authorised dealers' points of sale such as petrol stations, or the authorised online sellers DARS names: ASFINAG, ADAC and Petrol.

Austria: the 18-day rule and the last sticker

A 2-month or annual digital vignette that a private customer buys online, in the ASFINAG shop or app, is valid from the 18th day after purchase at the earliest: ASFINAG allows 14 days to cancel plus three for possible postal delivery. Businesses are not affected. Ways around it:

• Buy a 1-day or 10-day digital vignette online and choose immediate validity.
• Buy the 2-month or annual digital vignette at an outlet, toll station or vending machine, where it is valid immediately.
• Buy the 2-month or annual one online at least 18 days before the trip.

ASFINAG sells the windscreen sticker (red for 2026) for the last time this year; from the 2027 vignette year there is only the digital vignette. A sticker must be stuck inside the windscreen, not carried loose, and 10-day and 2-month stickers are valid only if the outlet punched them.

Austria's section tolls

Six stretches charge a separate section toll (Streckenmaut) instead, and no vignette is needed between their toll stations. 2026 single-trip car prices, valid from 1 January 2026 and checked 26 September 2026:

Pay at the booth by cash or card, or buy a digital section toll in advance (shop, app, vending machines), which ASFINAG says is valid immediately.

Sections with no vignette

Austria: according to ASFINAG, since 15 December 2019 cars up to 3.5 t need no vignette on the A1 from the Walserberg border to Salzburg Nord, the A12 from the border at Kufstein to Kufstein-Süd, and the A14 from the Hörbranz border to Hohenems. The A26 in Linz is also exempt until it opens to traffic at the Linz-Hummelhof junction. Past those exits, the vignette applies.

Slovakia: the whole D4 outer bypass of Bratislava is free for cars, eznamka.sk confirmed on 13 July 2026, except about 2 km from the Austrian border at Jarovce/Kittsee to the D2/D4 junction. The D1/D4 junction has been fully open since 21 June 2026. D2 from Stupava to Jarovce, R7 from Bratislava-Nivy to the D4, and D1 from Bratislava-Pečňa to the D1/D4 junction are free too. Still tolled: 9 km of D2 from the D2/D4 junction to the Čunovo/Rajka border with Hungary, D2 from Kúty to Stupava, D1 east of the D1/D4 junction towards Senec (and the D4 slip roads onto it towards Triblavina), and R7 beyond the D4 towards Šamorín.

Slovenia: since 1 January 2026 the H5 and H6 coastal expressway needs no e-vignette, DARS says.

Czechia: exemptions and lower rates

Electric and hydrogen cars pay nothing. For Czech-registered cars that is automatic; a foreign-registered one must file a Notification of Exemption on edalnice.gov.cz before driving on a tolled motorway, or risk a fine of up to CZK 5,000. In 2026, cars on CNG, LNG or biomethane pay CZK 110 / 150 / 240 / 1,280 (1 day / 10 days / 30 days / annual), and plug-in hybrids emitting up to 50 g CO₂/km pay CZK 50 / 70 / 120 / 640.

Hungary: D1, 10-day or county vignettes

Ordinary cars are category D1: up to 3.5 t and at most seven seats including the driver. A van registered as N1 is D2, which costs more (10,040 Ft for 10 days in 2026). A wrong category, plate or country code can lead to a surcharge.

A county vignette (7,190 Ft in 2026) is annual and covers only the tolled expressways in one county. Even one costs more than a national 10-day vignette (6,900 Ft), so it only pays off if you drive the same county's tolled roads on several separate trips before it expires on 31 January 2027.

Buy before you join a tolled road. Drivers who enter one by mistake, in good faith, have up to 60 minutes from entry to buy the right e-vignette, according to the operator NÚSZ. A vignette bought on the day counts from the moment of purchase, not retroactively.

Fines without a valid vignette

2026 amounts for cars, checked 26 September 2026 (a summary of the rules, not legal advice):

Does 'avoid tolls' avoid vignette motorways?

None of the four apps' help pages says whether 'avoid tolls' treats vignette motorways as toll roads, checked 26 September 2026. Waze alone lets you record a vignette you hold. If you have one, switch 'avoid tolls' off so the app doesn't send you onto slower roads; if not, check the route on the map. Our settings guide shows where each option lives, and you can compare a route across all four apps on Mapssy.

Before you pay

• Enter the plate and country of registration exactly as registered.
• Pick the right category: D1 or D2 in Hungary; 2A (up to 1.3 m high over the front axle) or 2B in Slovenia.
• Keep the confirmation; Hungary requires proof of purchase for two years after the last valid day.