Slovakia by campervan: driving, tolls and rules
Driving a campervan in Slovakia: 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
Euro
EUR. Since 1 January 2009. Not the koruna, not the złoty
Language
Slovak
Czech understood everywhere, Hungarian in the south
Driving
Right
Motorway 130 km/h, 90 km/h over 3.5 tonnes
Power
230V, type E
Takes the same round two-pin plug as most of Europe
Tap water
Safe to drink
Ask for vodu z vodovodu
Emergency
112
Mountain rescue has its own number, 18 300
Driving
Driving
The Slovak motorway vignette is electronic and tied to your number plate. There is no sticker and nothing for the windscreen: you buy it at eznamka.sk, enter the plate, and cameras read it. On the prices in force on 18 September 2026, set by government regulation, a year is 90 euros, thirty days 17.10, ten days 10.80 and one day 8.10. Driving a tolled section without one is a fine of 100 to 500 euros, or 50 to 200 on the spot.
Fuel per litre on 14 September 2026
- Diesel
- €1.91
- Petrol, 95
- €1.77
Dearer than Czechia and Hungary next door
Cross into Hungary for a noticeably cheaper tank
Speed limits by weight
| Vehicle | Motorway and expressway | Outside town | In town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 3,500 kg, no trailer | 130 km/h | 90 km/h | 50 km/h |
| Up to 3,500 kg with a trailer over 750 kg | 90 km/h | 90 km/h | 50 km/h |
| Over 3,500 kg | 90 km/h | 90 km/h | 50 km/h |
E-vignette prices in force on 18 September 2026, VAT included
- 365 days
- €90
- 30 days
- €17.10
- 10 days
- €10.80
- 1 day
- €8.10
- Trailer, if the combination is over 3.5 t
- same again
Runs 365 days from the date you pick, not to 31 December
The one most visitors want
Barely more than the thirty day price is above it
Valid to 23:59 on the day you choose
A second vignette for the trailer at the same four prices. Under 3.5 t combined, the trailer needs nothing
The vignette, and what catches foreign vans
- It covers R expressways as well as D motorways. The R1 to Banská Bystrica and the R2 through Zvolen are in the scheme, so a route that avoids the D1 may still need one.
- A category M1 vehicle pays the vignette however heavy it is. That keeps most large motorhomes out of the per kilometre toll, which is the single biggest saving available to a heavy van here.
Over 3.5 tonnes and not M1
- A vehicle or combination over 3,500 kg that is not category M1 is in the mýto system and pays by the kilometre.
- It needs an on-board unit obtained before it joins a tolled road. There is no day pass equivalent.
Low emission zones
- The clean air act lets any municipality declare a nízkoemisná zóna, set the minimum emission class for entry, require an emission plaque and issue temporary permits.
- The ordinance must give at least nine months' notice before it takes effect, so a zone cannot appear overnight.
Fuel, winter and the rules that differ
- Diesel averaged 1.91 euros a litre in the week of 31 August to 6 September 2026, petrol 95 1.77 and LPG 0.80, on the statistics office's weekly series.
- Winter tyres are conditional for a car or van. The traffic act requires them on all axles when there is continuous snow, ice or frost on the road, and obliges you to fit them in advance if the season makes that foreseeable on your route.
There is no permitted blood alcohol level for a driver in Slovakia. The traffic act prohibits driving at a time when alcohol may still be in your body, full stop, rather than above some limit. The 0.24 mg per litre tolerance in the same provision is for cyclists and scooter riders only. This matters most the morning after a salaš or a pub evening. Moving the van 200 metres to a better spot is still driving.