North Macedonia by campervan: costs and prices

Practical costs in North Macedonia: currency, cards, cash, fuel, groceries and budgeting for a campervan trip. What to know before you go.

Published 18 September 2026Last checked 19 September 2026

Currency
Macedonian denar
MKD, not the euro. 61.47 denars to €1 in September 2026
Language
Macedonian
Written in Cyrillic. Albanian is widely spoken in the west
Driving
Right
Motorway 130 km/h, other roads 90 km/h
Insurance
Carry a green card
Not in the EU arrangement. Show proof at the border
Tolls
No vignette
Barrier tolls, payable in denars or euros
Emergency
112
Police 192, ambulance 194, road help 196

Money

Nothing else in this corner of Europe is this cheap. Eurostat's 2024 price level indices put North Macedonia at 49.6 for all household consumption against an EU average of 100. Albania is at 62.9, Bosnia and Herzegovina at 59.7, Montenegro at 57.9 and Croatia at 73.3. Restaurants and hotels are at 49.5, which is less than half EU prices, and shop food at 73.4, which is the lowest of the four as well.

Worn Yugoslav dinar banknotes overlapping, one of them carrying a portrait of Tito — Old Yugoslav dinars. The modern denar is easy to get and hard to change back, so spend it before you leave

How the region compares on price, Eurostat 2024, EU27 = 100

Basket	North Macedonia	Bosnia	Montenegro	Albania	Croatia
All household consumption	50	60	58	63	73
Restaurants and hotels	50	75	66	52	95
Food and drink in shops	73	83	84	100	104

Practical prices for camper travel

Diesel, 1 litre: 99 denars
Campsite or camper area, 1 night: €18.53
Inexpensive restaurant meal: 400 denars
White bread, 500 g: 38.93 denars
Bottled water, 1.5 litres: 29.80 denars

Cards, cash and exchange

Change money at a bank or an official exchange office only. The Foreign Office warns specifically against street dealers.
Banks abroad will not change denars back. Spend them or change them before you cross the border.

Where the money goes

Eating out is the cheapest in the region, at half EU prices on the 2024 index.
Fuel is also the cheapest of the four, at about 1.61 euros a litre in September 2026.