Poland by campervan: driving, tolls and rules

Driving a campervan in Poland: 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
Polish złoty
PLN, not the euro. 4.36 zł to €1 on 18 September 2026
Language
Polish
Latin alphabet with nine extra letters
Driving
Right
Motorway 140 km/h, but 80 km/h over 3.5 t
Power
230V, type E
A Schuko plug fits the socket
Alcohol
0.2 promille
An offence from 0.2, a crime above 0.5
Emergency
112
Mountain rescue 601 100 300

Driving

If your vehicle and anything behind it weigh 3.5 tonnes or less, the state motorway network is free. The electronic toll system, e-TOLL, applies only to vehicles and combinations over 3.5 tonnes and to buses. From 21 September 2026 even a light vehicle towing a trailer stops paying. What still costs money is the three privately run concession stretches, which charge everybody at a barrier.

An unpaved lane curving between green meadows under a wide summer sky — Off the motorways the roads narrow fast, and the lorries are slow. Allow more time than the map says

Speed limits, and what changes at 3.5 tonnes

Vehicle	Motorway	Expressway	Other roads	Built up
Up to 3.5 t	140 km/h	120 km/h dual, 100 single	90 km/h	50 km/h
Over 3.5 t, or towing anything	80 km/h	80 km/h	70 km/h	50 km/h

What a toll costs a two-axle vehicle

Road	Section	Cost
A2, concession	Świecko on the German border to Konin, 255 km	141 zł
A1 AmberOne, concession	Rusocin near Gdańsk to Nowa Wieś near Toruń, 152 km	29.90 zł
A4, concession	Katowice to Kraków, 18 zł at each of two plazas	36 zł
State network, e-TOLL	A2 Konin to Stryków, A4 Wrocław to Gliwice and about 5,869 km more	free up to 3.5 t

Low emission zones, and what a foreign plate has to do

Kraków started its strefa czystego transportu on 1 January 2026 and it covers about 60 percent of the city. Petrol and LPG need Euro 4 or a build year of 2005 or later. Diesel up to 3.5 t needs Euro 6 or 2014 or later, which is the strict one.
A foreign-registered vehicle must be entered in the Kraków system even if it meets the standard, with a copy of the registration document, the make, model, year and emission class. The cameras read plates against that database.

Fuel

Diesel ran about 8.75 to 8.89 zł a litre in the week of 14 September 2026, petrol 95 about 7.95 to 7.99.
Orlen is the national chain and is everywhere. Supermarket and unbranded stations on the edge of town are cheaper than motorway ones.

Carry these or be fined

A warning triangle and a fire extinguisher, the extinguisher somewhere you can reach it. Both are required by the vehicle technical conditions regulation.
Lights on at all times. Dipped beams, or daytime running lights between dawn and dusk.