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Fuel is state-watched and reasonable; Budapest's ring road is the one jam.

Drives on the right · HUF · reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Albania: diesel £1.96 a litre AM Austria: diesel £1.78 a litre AZ Bosnia and Herzegovina: diesel £1.59 a litre Belgium: diesel £1.98 a litre Bulgaria: diesel £1.58 a litre BY Switzerland: diesel £2.20 a litre Cyprus: diesel £1.67 a litre Czechia: diesel £1.63 a litre Germany: diesel £1.92 a litre Denmark: diesel £2.09 a litre Algeria: diesel £0.17 a litre Estonia: diesel £1.75 a litre EG EH Spain: diesel £1.57 a litre Finland: diesel £2.12 a litre France: diesel £1.96 a litre United Kingdom: diesel £1.99 a litre Georgia: diesel £1.43 a litre GL Greece: diesel £1.77 a litre Croatia: diesel £1.67 a litre Hungary: diesel £1.61 a litre Ireland: diesel £1.78 a litre IL IQ IR Iceland: diesel £1.99 a litre Italy: diesel £1.87 a litre JO LB Lithuania: diesel £1.85 a litre Luxembourg: diesel £1.71 a litre Latvia: diesel £1.74 a litre LY Morocco: diesel £1.20 a litre MD Montenegro: diesel £1.64 a litre North Macedonia: diesel £1.33 a litre MR Netherlands: diesel £2.06 a litre Norway: diesel £2.23 a litre Poland: diesel £1.49 a litre PS Portugal: diesel £1.82 a litre Romania: diesel £1.70 a litre Serbia: diesel £1.68 a litre RU SA Sweden: diesel £1.70 a litre Slovenia: diesel £1.59 a litre Slovakia: diesel £1.64 a litre SY Tunisia: diesel £0.55 a litre Turkey: diesel £1.45 a litre Ukraine Kosovo

Fuel this week

Diesel£1.611.93 €
Petrol 95£1.461.75 €
LPG£0.851.02 €

Per litre, with tax. Diesel is 38p cheaper than at home. Week of 26 Oct 2026, European Commission, Weekly Oil Bulletin (prices with taxes). Converted at the ECB rate of 30 Oct 2026 (£0.834 to the euro).

What to know

Tolls and vignettes

E-vignette by plate, bought online or at the border: 10-day D1 (under 3.5 t) about €15; vans over 3.5 t are D2 and pay about double. Motorhomes over 3.5 t fall in D1 with a form. Fines for missing it are heavy and arrive by post.

Clean air zones

None.

Sleeping in the van

Not allowed outside campsites on paper; tolerated at Lake Balaton off season and in the countryside.

Kit you must carry

Warning triangle, hi-vis vest, first-aid kit. Headlights on outside towns.

Speed limits, van under 3.5 t

130 / 90 (110 dual) / 50

When to go

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A dot marks the months we would pick: warm enough, dry enough, not yet crowded. Rounded from 1991–2020 normals. Coasts and mountains differ from their region.

Routes through here

Fuel: European Commission, Weekly Oil Bulletin (prices with taxes); Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Weekly road fuel prices (OGL v3); European Central Bank reference rate. EU figures are the week of 26 Oct 2026; UK the week of 26 Oct 2026; † marks hand-checked indicative figures for countries outside both series. Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Climate: rounded 1991–2020 normals from national meteorological services. Crossings and country notes are our own and dated. Something here is out of date already, so check before you go.