Vignette guide · Fines checked 15 Oct 2026
Hungary vignette
In Hungary you need a vignette on the motorways and expressways: the e-matrica (e-vignette), category D1 for cars. Routava checks whether your car has one and warns you before you cross.
- Where
- Motorways and expressways
- Surcharge without one
- up to 95,730 HUF
- Official shop
- e-matrica
- Roads into the country
- 140 crossings in Routava's map, 14 of them motorways and expressways
Where you need it
Motorways and expressways (M roads) and a few main-road sections, as listed by NÚSZ. Category D1 for cars.
- M1 at Hegyeshalom (AT A4): paid from the border
If you are caught without one
Without a vignette, a surcharge of up to 95,730 HUF is possible. A foreign-plated car can also be charged the cost of collecting it. Indicative: the figure the authority states, checked 15 Oct 2026. Amounts and rules change.
Where to buy it
Online in the official shop, e-matrica, before you drive onto a road that needs it. Routava adds nothing; you pay the operator.
How to check your car
Routava asks Hungary's e-matrica query, which answers by e-mail within a few minutes, and shows the answer with the vignette's last day.
Motorway and expressway crossings
Routava's map holds 140 roads into Hungary; these are the motorways and expressways. It knows the others too, down to country lanes and ferries.
| Road | In Hungary | From | Vignette |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Záhony | Ukraine · М-06 · Соломоново | Not on this road |
| 41 | Beregsurány | Ukraine · М-24 · Астей | Not on this road |
| 491 | Tiszabecs | Ukraine · М-26-01 · Вилок | Not on this road |
| 4121 | Barabás | Ukraine · М-25-01 · Косонь | Not on this road |
| M1 | Hegyeshalom | Austria · A4 · Nickelsdorf | From the border |
| M4 | – | Romania · A3 · Santăul Mare | From the border |
| M5 | Röszke | Serbia · A1 · Хоргош | From the border |
| M6 | Ivándárda | Croatia · A5 · Branjin Vrh | From the border |
| M7 | Letenye | Croatia · A4 · Goričan | From the border |
| M15 | Rajka | Slovakia · D2 | From the border |
| M30 | Tornyosnémeti | Slovakia · R4 · Milhosť | From the border |
| M43 | Csanádpalota | Romania · A1 | From the border |
| M70 | Lendvaújfalu | Slovenia · A5 · Pince | From the border |
| M80 | Szentgotthárd | Austria · S7 · Neuheiligenkreuz | From the border |
Questions
Do I need a vignette in Hungary?
Yes. Motorways and expressways (M roads) and a few main-road sections, as listed by NÚSZ. Category D1 for cars.
How much is the surcharge for driving without a vignette in Hungary?
Without a vignette, a surcharge of up to 95,730 HUF is possible. A foreign-plated car can also be charged the cost of collecting it. Indicative: the figure the authority states, checked 15 Oct 2026. Amounts and rules change.
Where can I buy a vignette for Hungary?
Online in the official shop, e-matrica (https://ematrica.nemzetiutdij.hu/), before you drive onto a road that needs it. Routava adds nothing; you pay the operator.
How do I check whether my car has a valid vignette for Hungary?
Routava asks Hungary's e-matrica query, which answers by e-mail within a few minutes, and shows the answer with the vignette's last day.
Is the M1 free after the border?
No: M1 at Hegyeshalom (AT A4): paid from the border.
Will Routava warn me before the border into Hungary?
Yes, when your car has no valid vignette for Hungary: on the motorways and expressways into the country, 3, 5 or 10 km before the border along the road (you choose) and at the last exit, out loud, on the lock screen, on the Apple Watch and on CarPlay or Android Auto.
Know before the border.
Routava checks your car's vignettes in all nine countries and warns you, out loud and on your car's screen, before a border where it has none. In beta on iPhone, Apple Watch and CarPlay; Android and Android Auto close behind.
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