Austria vignette 2026: prices, rules and how to order

The Austrian vignette is a time-based motorway permit that costs €9.60 for 1 day, €12.80 for 10 days, €32.00 for 2 months or €106.80 for the calendar year for a car up to 3.5 tonnes. It covers every Autobahn and Schnellstrasse in Austria except a handful of separately tolled tunnels and passes.

How much does the Austria vignette cost in 2026?

A car up to 3.5 tonnes pays €9.60 for a 1-day vignette, €12.80 for 10 days, €32.00 for 2 months and €106.80 for the calendar-year vignette. Those are the official ASFINAG state fees checked in August 2026. Motorcycles pay a reduced rate on the same durations, and the annual vignette runs to 31 January of the following year rather than a rolling twelve months. Those rates assume a towing vehicle at or below 3.5 tonnes, so if you are travelling by camper or pulling a caravan, our guide to motorhome, van and trailer vignette rules explains where that weight line sits and which countries charge extra for the trailer.

Official ASFINAG fees, checked August 2026. The 10-day vignette is the usual choice for a holiday, because two 1-day vignettes already cost more than the 10-day permit.

Is the Austrian vignette digital or a sticker?

Austria sells both, and the digital vignette is the practical choice for foreign drivers. The Digitale Vignette is registered against your licence plate, so there is nothing to stick on the windscreen and nothing to scrape off later; enforcement cameras simply read the plate and check the register. The adhesive sticker still exists and is sold at petrol stations, tobacconists and motoring clubs near the border, but ASFINAG has said the 2026 sticker is the last one and only the digital vignette will be valid from 1 February 2027. Our guide to digital versus sticker vignettes explains what that change means across all eight vignette countries.

The difference that matters is transferability. A sticker belongs to the windscreen it is glued to, while a digital vignette belongs to the plate you typed in, so it cannot be moved to a second car and a mistyped character leaves you unregistered. Check the plate on your confirmation email the moment it arrives.

When does the digital vignette become valid?

An Austrian 1-day or 10-day digital vignette is valid immediately, while a 2-month or annual digital vignette bought online as a consumer in the ASFINAG toll shop or app becomes valid only on the 18th day after purchase. ASFINAG explains the delay as the 14-day withdrawal right on online purchases plus three days for the post, and says it does not apply when you buy from one of its sales partners, at a toll booth or from a vending machine. Our guide to when a vignette starts and ends sets this rule next to the start and end rules of the other seven vignette countries.

Which roads does the Austrian vignette cover?

The vignette covers the whole Austrian Autobahn (A) and Schnellstrasse (S) network, which is the road system most transit and holiday routes use, including the A1 Vienna to Salzburg, the A2 south to Graz and the A12 through the Inn valley. The A4 east from Vienna to the Hungarian border at Nickelsdorf is on the network too, and our Vienna to Budapest by car guide sets out both vignettes that drive needs. The A5 north from Vienna to the Czech border at Drasenhofen is a vignette road as well, which is why our Prague to Vienna by car guide pairs it with the Czech e-vignette. Ordinary federal, regional and city roads carry no charge at all, so a route that avoids motorways needs no vignette, at the price of a much slower drive.

Sections that need a separate toll

Six alpine crossings are excluded from the vignette and billed on their own, so a vignette alone is not enough if your route uses them. These are the Brenner Autobahn A13 toward Italy, the Tauern and Katschberg tunnels on the A10 toward Villach, the Arlberg tunnel on the S16, the Karawanken tunnel on the A11 toward Slovenia, and the Gleinalm and Bosruck tunnels on the A9. Each is paid at its own barrier or through a separate digital section toll, and prices run from a few euros to about €12 per passage for a car. If you want to see how the vignette, these section tolls and the barrier tolls further south add up on one trip, our guide to vignette versus toll roads walks through a worked route. Heading over the Brenner to Italy? Our Munich to Venice driving guide shows exactly where the vignette stops and the A13 toll starts.

What happens if you drive without one

Driving a tolled Austrian motorway without a valid vignette triggers a substitute toll (Ersatzmaut) of €200 for a car or camper van and €100 for a motorbike, the amounts ASFINAG lists for 2026, and ASFINAG staff can collect it on the spot. Not paying it turns the matter into administrative proceedings with a fine of €300 to €3,000. Because detection is camera-based rather than a random patrol stop, an unregistered plate is usually caught on the first tolled kilometre, which is why the €12.80 permit is not worth the risk.

How to order an Austrian vignette through Vignettera

Choose the duration and start date, enter the licence plate exactly as it appears on the vehicle, add the country of registration, and pay. Our team places the vignette in the Austrian system, normally within 5 to 30 minutes during working hours, and emails a confirmation showing the plate, the period and both the state fee and our service fee. Keep that email on your phone; the vignette itself lives in the register, not on paper.

You can equally buy directly from ASFINAG and pay only the state fee. Drivers use Vignettera when a route crosses several countries and they would otherwise fill in three or four different national portals, each in its own language and with its own validity rule. Our guide to which European countries need a vignette lists all eight, so you can count the portals before you start.

Austria vignette FAQ