Hungary by campervan: driving, tolls and rules
Driving a campervan in Hungary: speed limits, tolls, low-emission zones, required equipment and key road rules. What to know before you go.
Published 18 September 2026Last checked 19 September 2026
Currency
Hungarian forint
HUF, not the euro. 363.47 Ft to €1 on 18 September 2026
Language
Hungarian
Related to nothing on its borders. English in Budapest and at the Balaton
Driving
Right
Motorway 130 km/h, 80 km/h over 3.5 tonnes or with a trailer
Power
230V, type F
The round earthed socket used across most of Europe
Tap water
Safe to drink
Ask for csapvíz
Emergency
112
Reaches the police, the ambulance service and disaster management
Driving
Driving
Hungary's motorway vignette is fully digital, tied to the number plate, and sold either for the whole country or for one county at a time. There is nothing to stick on a windscreen. You buy an e-matrica online, at a petrol station or through the operator's app, and cameras read the plate. For a car or a motorhome in category D1 the prices valid from 1 January 2026 are 5,550 forint for a day, 6,900 for ten days, 11,170 for a month and 61,760 for the year.
Fuel per litre on 14 September 2026
- Diesel
- 677 Ft
- Petrol, 95
- 597 Ft
About 1.71 euros, among the cheapest in this guide series
About 1.51 euros. Fill up here before Austria or Slovenia
Speed limits by weight, under the KRESZ
| Vehicle | Motorway | Expressway | Outside town | In town |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car or vehicle up to 3,500 kg | 130 km/h | 110 km/h | 90 km/h | 50 km/h |
| Over 3,500 kg | 80 km/h | 80 km/h | 70 km/h | 50 km/h |
| Anything towing a trailer | 80 km/h | 80 km/h | 70 km/h | 50 km/h |
E-vignette prices valid from 1 January 2026, VAT included
| Category | 1 day | 10 days | 1 month | 1 year, whole country | 1 year, one county |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1, car or motorhome | 5,550 Ft | 6,900 Ft | 11,170 Ft | 61,760 Ft | 7,190 Ft |
| D2, everything else up to the toll line | 7,890 Ft | 10,040 Ft | 15,820 Ft | 87,650 Ft | 14,370 Ft |
| U, trailer behind a D2 vehicle | 5,550 Ft | 6,900 Ft | 11,170 Ft | 61,760 Ft | 7,190 Ft |
| D1M, motorcycle | 2,770 Ft | 3,450 Ft | 5,590 Ft | 61,760 Ft | 7,190 Ft |
Which category is your motorhome
- Read three fields on the registration document and nothing else. J is the vehicle category, F.1 is the maximum authorised mass, S.1 is the number of seats including the driver.
- D1 needs J to read M1 or M1G, F.1 to be at most 3,500 kg and S.1 to be at most 7. All three, not any of them.
Trailers, caravans and towing
- A caravan towed by a D1 vehicle needs no vignette of its own. The D1 vignette on the car covers it.
- A caravan towed by a D2 vehicle needs its own category U vignette on top of the D2 one. Two vignettes, not one.
The county vignette, and why a visitor should ignore it
- A county vignette covers only the tolled expressway sections inside that one county, listed road by road in the annex to the decree that sets the prices.
- A cross country drive needs several. Budapest to Keszthely on the M7 and M76 runs through the Pest, Fejér and Somogy sections, so that is three county vignettes.
Enforcement, and what it costs to get it wrong
- The surcharge for using a tolled road without authorisation is 27,790 forint if paid within 60 days and 95,730 forint after that, on the rates valid from 1 January 2026.
- Buying the wrong category is its own penalty. A vehicle carrying a lower category than it should is charged a differential surcharge of 15,530 forint within 60 days, 49,190 after. Carrying a higher category than needed costs nothing.
Low emission zones and city access
- Published sources did not show a low emission zone of the western European kind operating against foreign vans anywhere in Hungary as of September 2026.
- Budapest does run restricted and protected zones for freight traffic, signed by weight and administered through the TOBI permit system operated by Budapest Közút.
Fuel, lights and the rules that differ
- Daytime lights are required outside built up areas only. The KRESZ obliges dipped headlights or daytime running lights by day on roads outside towns. Motorcycles must show them everywhere.
- A reflective vest is required of anyone standing on the carriageway, hard shoulder or verge outside a town at night or in poor visibility, under the KRESZ.
There is no permitted blood alcohol level for a driver in Hungary. The KRESZ requires that a driver's body contain no alcohol from drinking, rather than less than some limit. In a country where lunch comes with wine and the evening comes with pálinka, that matters most the next morning. Moving the van 200 metres to a better spot is still driving.