🇵🇹 Cross-border drive · Portugal → Spain 🇪🇸
Driving from Quarteira to San Sebastián de los Reyes
- Drive time
- 8h 11m
- Distance
- 759 km
- Same day?
- Long day
- under 12 h
- Fuel cost
- ≈ €114
- petrol · diesel ≈ €93
- Tolls
- ≈ €68
- per-km
- EV charging
- Plenty fast
- 40 of 78 ≥50 kW
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Route map
Route options
Other paths OSRM found between the two cities — handy when traffic, tolls, or scenery matter more than raw speed.
Avoids motorways
+3h 34m- Distance:
- 747 km (−12 km)
- Duration:
- 11h 45m
Via: N-110 · IP 2 · N-523 · N-630
How else can you make this trip?
Driving is the focus of this guide; here's how cycling, coach, and (soon) train and plane stack up for the same pair.
8h 11m
759 km · €114 fuel
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Not realistic
759 km is far beyond a typical multi-day cycle tour. Try a shorter pair like a day or weekend stage.
No direct service
Our coach data (FlixBus + BlaBlaCar) doesn't list a direct service for this pair. National operators (e.g., National Express in the UK, Eurolines feeders) may still cover it — check their site directly.
10h 11m
RENFE OPERADORA · Renfe Cercanias
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Trip plan
How to think about the drive: one day, split, or overnight.
Consider splitting over two days
Technically a one-day drive, but it is a slog. Splitting overnight halfway makes it a much better trip and lets you see the middle, not just the endpoints.
A natural overnight stop near the halfway point: Los Santos de Maimona (es).
- Distance:
- 759 km
- Duration:
- 8h 11m (free-flow, no traffic)
Where to stop
Places along the route that make natural breaks for coffee, lunch, or a night.
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San Juan del Puerto 🇪🇸 es
≈126 km≈ 4.6 km detour from the main route
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Gerena 🇪🇸 es
≈253 km≈ 25.7 km detour from the main route
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Calamonte 🇪🇸 es
≈379 km≈ 7.1 km detour from the main route
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Trujillo 🇪🇸 es
≈506 km≈ 25.4 km detour from the main route
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Talavera de la Reina 🇪🇸 es
≈632 km≈ 22.7 km detour from the main route
Key moves
Things to know before you set off — borders, sides of the road, tolls.
Cross-border drive · PT → ES
You'll leave one country and enter another on this trip. Keep your ID close, even inside Schengen, and check current border-control status before you go.
Tolls on motorways in PT / ES
Budget for motorway tolls — France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal charge per-km, Croatia and Greece by section. Contactless cards work almost everywhere; have one loaded.
Must-know before you go
The things a driver from another country wouldn't think to ask about — fines, stickers, payment cards, opening hours.
City access & emission zones
Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla now run ZBE low-emission zones
Must knowSpain's Zonas de Bajas Emisiones (ZBE) cover central Madrid (24/7), Barcelona inside the Rondes (weekdays 7:00–20:00), Sevilla, Valencia and a growing list. Foreign plates need to register at the city portal in advance — your Euro emission class determines whether you get in. Without registration, cameras log entry and the fine reaches your home address.
Tolls, vignettes & road payment
A22 Algarve and ex-SCUT roads — electronic only
Must knowPortugal has two toll systems. Most autoestradas use a normal ticket-and-pay barrier. But the A22 (Algarve), A23, A24, A25 and A28 are "ex-SCUT" routes with no booths — only overhead gantries that read your plate. Without a Via Verde transponder or pre-registration, you have 5 days to pay at a CTT post office, or the fine reaches your home address. Easiest fix: rent a Via Verde Visitors transponder (€6/week) at the airport or border.
Most Spanish tolls were abolished in 2024
TipThe AP-1, AP-7 (Bilbao stretch) and most of the Mediterranean coast highways are now toll-free. A handful remain: AP-9 (Galicia), AP-66 (León–Asturias), Catalonia's C-32/C-16 tunnel approach. Spain is no longer a high-toll country for cars — your fuel + a few specific bridge fees is the realistic budget.
Driving rules & habits
Plan your stops, not just your finish time
UsefulOSRM gives you free-flow drive time. Realistic add: 10% on motorway-heavy routes, 25% if you're crossing two cities. Eat at off-peak hours (11:30 lunch, 18:00 dinner) — service-area queues at noon kill 20 minutes. EU fatigue research is consistent: 15-minute break every 2 hours, full 45-minute break before 6 hours. The drive between hours 7 and 9 is where avoidable accidents cluster.
Fuel stations
Off-motorway stations close late evening
TipSpanish provincial fuel stations often close 22:00–07:00, especially in the south. Motorway services (Cepsa, Repsol on the autovía) run 24/7. If you're routing through an Andalusian backroad, fuel before sunset and don't bank on a small-town pump.
Contactless cards work at virtually every motorway pump
TipMajor brand stations (Shell, Total, BP, Repsol, Cepsa, OMV, Eni, Esso) take Visa and Mastercard contactless without an issue. American Express and Diners are spotty south of the Alps. A €100 pre-authorisation hold is normal — it releases within 5 days. Carry €50 cash for the rare independent station.
Money & connectivity
EU roaming covers calls, texts and data at no extra cost
TipYour home EU SIM works at home rates across every EU member, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The "fair use" cap on data only applies if you're abroad more than four months. For a 2-week road trip, just use your phone normally — but switch off "data roaming" if you're leaving the EU into UK / CH for any segment.
Emergency & breakdown
112 works everywhere in the EU and continental neighbours
TipSingle number for police, ambulance, fire — works from any phone, any network, any country. On motorways, the orange SOS pillars every 2km connect direct to the regional traffic control centre and pinpoint your location. Use them over your phone if you can — it speeds the response.
Rules, fees, and thresholds change. Always verify against the official source the day before you drive — this page is a checklist, not a legal reference.
Main roads
The highways this route spends the most kilometres on.
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A-5 Autovía del Suroeste329 km
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A-66 Autovía Ruta de la Plata180 km
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A-49 Autovía del Quinto Centenario133 km
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A 22 Via do Infante63 km
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M-40 —24 km
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M-12 —10 km
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EN 396 —4 km
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A-5R Autovía del Suroeste3 km
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SE-30 Circunvalación de Sevilla2 km
Route character
How much of the drive is motorway vs. secondary vs. rural.
Motorway drive — fast, predictable, uneventful.
- Motorway
- 99%
- Secondary
- 0%
- Other / rural
- 1%
Drive difficulty
At-a-glance feel: how demanding is this drive for one driver?
Overall
Challenging
Long day with at least one complicating factor. Split into two days or share the driving.
- Long drive: 8h 11m behind the wheel at free-flow speeds.
- Cross-border: pt → es. Keep documents accessible and check border rules.
Elevation profile
Highs, lows, and the total climb / descent along the route.
- Lowest point
- 7 m
- Highest point
- 687 m
- Total ascent
- ↑ 1,565 m
- Total descent
- ↓ 902 m
Fuel & tolls
Rough cost expectation for a typical EU passenger car. Treat as an estimate — pump prices change weekly.
Petrol (RON 95)
≈ €114
56.9 L × €2.01 / L · 7.5 L/100 km
Diesel
≈ €93
45.5 L × €2.05 / L · 6 L/100 km
Electric (DC fast)
≈ €73
133 kWh × €0.55 / kWh · 17.5 kWh/100 km
Public DC fast charging — slower AC charging at home or hotels typically costs about half.
Motorway tolls & vignettes
≈ €68
- PT — €0.09/km on the motorway network (≈ 340 km in-country ≈ €31)
- ES — €0.09/km on the motorway network (≈ 419 km in-country ≈ €38) Toll-free on the A-network; charged only on AP roads.
Prices last refreshed 2026-09-28.
Fuel and EV charging along the route
Stations within a few kilometres of the road, sampled at evenly-spaced waypoints.
EV charging
40 at 50 kW or above (fast / ultra-fast).
Fastest first
- Centro Porsche SEVILLA — Camas 320 kW
- Petropix Valencina de la Concepción — Valencina de la Concepción 180 kW
- Cepsa Calzadilla de Los Barros 180 kW
- E.S. El Berrocal — Navalmoral de la Mata 175 kW
- Cepsa San Sebastián de los Reyes — San Sebastián de los Reyes 150 kW
- Aldi San Sebastián de los Reyes (Atlante) — San Sebastián de los Reyes 150 kW
- BP Pulse Apadis — San Sebastián de los Reyes 150 kW
- Petropix San Sebastián de los Reyes — San Sebastián de los Reyes 150 kW
- Gasolinera TJ OIL Salteras 120 kW
- LLE-00115 100 kW
- LLE-00122 100 kW
- LLE-00114 100 kW
Weather by month
Average daytime high / overnight low and typical monthly rainfall, over the past five years.
🇵🇹 Quarteira
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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17°
11°
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17°
10°
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18°
11°
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22°
14°
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24°
15°
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27°
19°
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30°
20°
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32°
21°
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27°
18°
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24°
17°
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20°
13°
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17°
10°
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| 106mm | 63mm | 132mm | 32mm | 21mm | 10mm | 0mm | 0mm | 15mm | 121mm | 81mm | 54mm |
hot mild cold
🇪🇸 San Sebastián de los Reyes
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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10°
2°
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13°
2°
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15°
4°
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21°
8°
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23°
10°
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29°
16°
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34°
19°
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34°
20°
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26°
14°
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22°
12°
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15°
6°
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10°
2°
|
| 52mm | 18mm | 118mm | 41mm | 56mm | 42mm | 3mm | 12mm | 63mm | 92mm | 43mm | 35mm |
hot mild cold
Next 5 days at San Sebastián de los Reyes
Live forecast — refreshes every few hours.
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Sun 11
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16° / 15°
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Mon 12
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26° / 12°
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Tue 13
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27° / 13°
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Wed 14
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24° / 14°
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Thu 15
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22° / 14°
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Forecast: MET Norway
Directions
Turn-by-turn summary of the main manoeuvres, generated by OSRM.
Show all 25 manoeuvres
- Rua do Pinheiro
- Avenida de Ceuta
- Avenida de Ceuta
- (EN 396)
- (EN 396)
- (EN 396)
- (EN 396)
- (EN 396) 4 km
- Via do Infante (A 22) 63 km
- Autovía del Quinto Centenario (A-49) 133 km
- Circunvalación de Sevilla (SE-30) 2 km
- Autovía Ruta de la Plata (A-66) 180 km
- Autovía Ruta de la Plata (A-66) 0.5 km
- Autovía del Suroeste (A-5) 305 km
- Autovía del Suroeste (A-5) 24 km
- Autovía del Suroeste (A-5R) 3 km
- (M-40) 24 km
- (M-12) 10 km
- Avenida de la Transición Española 0.2 km
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- Avenida de la Sierra 0.2 km
- Avenida de la Sierra
- Calle de Murcia
- Avenida de Navarrondán
- Avenida de Navarrondán
By train from Quarteira to San Sebastián de los Reyes
Fastest cross-border rail itinerary from the public Transitous planner. Times reflect a typical Monday-morning departure on the next available service-day.
- Fastest journey
- 10h 11m
- 7 changes
- Lead operator
- RENFE OPERADORA
- + 1 more
- Alternatives
- 5
- Itineraries returned by the planner.
Trains on the fastest itinerary
- AVLO 02217
- C2
All operators across alternatives
- RENFE OPERADORA
- Renfe Cercanias
Includes a high-speed rail leg (TGV, ICE, AVE, Frecciarossa-class).
Show route on map
Routing via the public Transitous OTP planner (community-run MOTIS instance). Cached 24 hours; verify on the operator's site before booking.
How this page is built
Compiled by COD Solutions Oy from open European data — OSRM over OpenStreetMap for the route geometry, Open-Meteo for monthly climate normals, OpenTopoData SRTM 30m for elevation, EU Weekly Oil Bulletin for cross-border fuel-price bands, and Open Charge Map for EV charging stations. See our methodology for refresh cadence and limitations.