Poland by campervan: costs and prices
Practical costs in Poland: 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
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
Money
Money
Poland is in the EU and in Schengen but outside the eurozone. The currency is the złoty, written zł or PLN, and euros are not accepted in ordinary shops. One euro was 4.3633 zł at the National Bank of Poland mid rate on 18 September 2026, so a złoty is worth roughly 23 euro cents and a price in złoty divides by about four and a third.
Practical prices for camper travel
- Diesel, 1 litre
- 8.75 to 8.89 zł
- Campsite or camper area, 1 night
- €24.19
- Inexpensive restaurant meal
- 40 zł
- White bread, 500 g
- 5.05 zł
- Bottled water, 1.5 litres
- 2.51 zł
Reported price checked in September 2026
ACSI 2026 high-season average for two adults, two children, a pitch, electricity and tourist tax
Crowdsourced national average checked in September 2026
Crowdsourced national average checked in September 2026
Crowdsourced national average checked in September 2026
Paying for things
- Cards are accepted almost everywhere, including in small shops and on buses. Contactless is the default.
- BLIK is the domestic phone payment system. You cannot use it on a foreign bank account, but you will see it offered constantly, so it is worth knowing what the button is.
Tipping
- Around 10 percent in a restaurant where you have been served at the table, and only if you were happy.
- Say the total you want to pay before the card goes in. Handing over a card and saying dziękuję as the terminal is presented has historically been read as telling them to keep the change.
Euros are not a second currency here. A few border petrol stations and tourist businesses will take them, at a rate designed to punish you. Change money at a kantor, an exchange office, rather than at an airport desk, and check the rate against the NBP mid rate before you hand anything over.