The glacial lake and chalets at Balea Lac, with the Transfagarasan switchbacking across the slopes behind
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Romania by campervan: costs and prices

Practical costs in Romania: 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

Money

Money

Romania uses the leu and has not adopted the euro. The plural is lei, the code is RON, and one leu is a hundred bani. On 18 September 2026 the National Bank of Romania's reference rates were 5.2644 lei to the euro, 4.5839 to the US dollar and 6.1267 to the pound, which makes a 100 lei note about 19 euros. A price quoted in euros is converted at somebody else's rate.

A customer paying with a bank card at a terminal on a shop counter
Cards work in the cities. Keep a few hundred lei in the door pocket for the rest

Practical prices for camper travel

Diesel, 1 litre
10.51 lei

Reported price checked in September 2026

Campsite or camper area, 1 night
€25.84

ACSI 2026 high-season average for two adults, two children, a pitch, electricity and tourist tax

Inexpensive restaurant meal
50 lei

Crowdsourced national average checked in September 2026

White bread, 500 g
5.57 lei

Crowdsourced national average checked in September 2026

Bottled water, 1.5 litres
3.91 lei

Crowdsourced national average checked in September 2026

Paying for things

  • Cards are normal in towns. Supermarkets, fuel stations, chains and city restaurants all take contactless.
  • Carry cash for markets, roadside producers, monasteries, small guesthouses and mountain huts.

What a trip can be priced on

  • Rovinietă, category A, 30 days: 9.50 euro, billed as 49.95 lei by the CNAIR portal in September 2026.
  • Danube bridge at Fetești: 19 lei one crossing for a vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes, 38 lei for two.

A price board in euros is a warning sign rather than a convenience, and so is a cash machine that offers you a rate before it offers you the money. Neither is illegal. Both work precisely because you are expected to say no to them, and the answer is always to pay in lei.