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🇺🇦 Cross-border drive · UA → Poland 🇵🇱

Driving from Romaniv to Radom

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Drive time
9h 23m
Distance
595 km
Same day?
Long day
under 12 h
Fuel cost
≈ €78
petrol · diesel ≈ €67
Tolls
≈ €13
per-km
EV charging
Plenty fast
18 of 19 ≥50 kW
Countries
🇺🇦 🇵🇱
2 countries
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Route map

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.

By car

9h 23m

595 km · €78 fuel

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By bike

Not realistic

595 km is far beyond a typical multi-day cycle tour. Try a shorter pair like a day or weekend stage.

By bus

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.

Trip plan

How to think about the drive: one day, split, or overnight.

Overnight recommended

Too long for a single-driver day. Plan on 1 overnight stop(s) to do this trip right.

A natural overnight stop near the halfway point: Krasnystaw (pl).

Distance:
595 km
Duration:
9h 23m (free-flow, no traffic)

Where to stop

Places along the route that make natural breaks for coffee, lunch, or a night.

  1. Korets 🇺🇦 ua

    ≈119 km

    ≈ 10.8 km detour from the main route

  2. Kivertsi 🇺🇦 ua

    ≈238 km

    ≈ 6.5 km detour from the main route

  3. Liuboml 🇺🇦 ua

    ≈357 km

    ≈ 15.1 km detour from the main route

  4. Świdnik 🇵🇱 pl

    ≈476 km

    ≈ 8 km detour from the main route

Key moves

Things to know before you set off — borders, sides of the road, tolls.

Cross-border drive · UA → PL

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 PL

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.

Long rural stretch on М-06

Plan for about 77 km of two-lane country roads. Slower than motorway, but often the pretty part — fewer overtakes after dark.

Long rural stretch on 12

Plan for about 75 km of two-lane country roads. Slower than motorway, but often the pretty part — fewer overtakes after dark.

Must-know before you go

The things a driver from another country wouldn't think to ask about — fines, stickers, payment cards, opening hours.

Driving rules & habits

Plan your stops, not just your finish time

Useful

OSRM 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

Contactless cards work at virtually every motorway pump

Tip

Major 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.

Diesel and petrol typically 15–20% cheaper than DE/CZ

Tip

Polish fuel prices are among the lowest in the EU. If you're crossing from Germany or the Baltics, fuel after the border. Major brands (Orlen, BP, Shell) accept all major contactless cards; some independent stations are cash-only — the queue is the giveaway.

Money & connectivity

EU roaming covers calls, texts and data at no extra cost

Tip

Your 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

Tip

Single 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.

  • 12 Rejowiecka
    137 km
  • М-06 —
    128 km
  • М-07 —
    69 km
  • Н-22 —
    54 km
  • М-19 Ковельська вулиця
    45 km
  • S12 —
    35 km
  • S12; S17 —
    30 km
  • О-061731 Лугова вулиця
    28 km
  • Т-03-09 Комунальна вулиця
    27 km
  • Т-06-18 Лісова вулиця
    9 km
  • Р-14; Т-03-09 —
    2 km

Route character

How much of the drive is motorway vs. secondary vs. rural.

Rural-road drive — narrow roads, small towns, patience required.

Motorway
0%
Secondary
11%
Other / rural
89%

Drive difficulty

At-a-glance feel: how demanding is this drive for one driver?

Overall

Demanding

Tough drive — multiple complicating factors compound fatigue. Strongly recommend splitting across days.

  • Long drive: 9h 23m behind the wheel at free-flow speeds.
  • Cross-border: ua → pl. Keep documents accessible and check border rules.
  • About 550 km on non-motorway roads where speeds and conditions vary.

Elevation profile

Highs, lows, and the total climb / descent along the route.

Lowest point
129 m
Highest point
250 m
Total ascent
↑ 212 m
Total descent
↓ 292 m

Fuel & tolls

Rough cost expectation for a typical EU passenger car. Treat as an estimate — pump prices change weekly.

Petrol (RON 95)

≈ €78

44.7 L × €1.76 / L · 7.5 L/100 km

Diesel

≈ €67

35.7 L × €1.88 / L · 6 L/100 km

Electric (DC fast)

≈ €49

104 kWh × €0.47 / kWh · 17.5 kWh/100 km

Public DC fast charging — slower AC charging at home or hotels typically costs about half.

Motorway tolls & vignettes

≈ €13

  • PL — €0.05/km on the motorway network (≈ 259 km in-country ≈ €13)

Prices last refreshed 2026-08-03.

Fuel and EV charging along the route

Stations within a few kilometres of the road, sampled at evenly-spaced waypoints.

Fuel stations

1 found

Most common brands

Sample of stations along the route

  • Independent ~0 km

EV charging

19 found

18 at 50 kW or above (fast / ultra-fast).

Fastest first

  • GO TO-U Charging HUB Rivne — Рівно 360 kW
  • Aivengo hotel Rivne — с. Колоденка 160 kW
  • 2858 HUB VIWATT Rivne 2 — Антопіль 160 kW
  • Водоканал / Powerd by GO TO-U — Рівне 160 kW
  • Набережна / Powered by GO TO-U — Рівне 160 kW
  • TOKA # OKKO Gas Station Fast Charger — с. Біла Криниця 150 kW
  • TOKA # OKKO Gas Station Fast Charger — с. Біла Криниця 120 kW
  • Radom Supercharger — Radom 120 kW
  • 2068 ECOFACTOR Готель "Перлина" — м. Звягель 90 kW
  • Звягель, парковка біля Фора — Звягель 80 kW
  • 1883 IONITY DC by EF SOCAR в Білій Криниці 05/02 — с. Біла Криниця 80 kW
  • 1881 IONITY DC by EF SOCAR в Білій Криниці — с. Біла Криниця 80 kW

Weather by month

Average daytime high / overnight low and typical monthly rainfall, over the past five years.

🇺🇦 Romaniv

Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
3°
-2°
3°
-3°
10°
1°
15°
5°
19°
9°
23°
14°
26°
16°
26°
15°
23°
13°
14°
7°
6°
1°
2°
-2°
36mm 39mm 51mm 67mm 59mm 89mm 122mm 41mm 47mm 56mm 44mm 46mm

hot mild cold

🇵🇱 Radom

Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
4°
-1°
5°
-1°
11°
1°
15°
5°
19°
8°
23°
13°
26°
16°
26°
15°
22°
13°
14°
7°
7°
1°
4°
-0°
59mm 43mm 43mm 44mm 62mm 58mm 81mm 60mm 56mm 61mm 49mm 43mm

hot mild cold

Directions

Turn-by-turn summary of the main manoeuvres, generated by OSRM.

Show all 51 manoeuvres
  1. вулиця Графа Ілінського 2 km
  2. Лісова вулиця (Т-06-18) 9 km
  3. Лугова вулиця (О-061731) 15 km
  4. вулиця Биківське шосе (О-061731)
  5. Соборна вулиця (О-061731) 13 km
  6. (М-06) 77 km
  7. (М-06) 28 km
  8. (М-06) 7 km
  9. (М-06) 8 km
  10. (М-06) 8 km
  11. Київська вулиця
  12. Київська вулиця 3 km
  13. Соборна вулиця 6 km
  14. — 0.1 km
  15. (Н-22) 6 km
  16. (Н-22)
  17. (Н-22) 47 km
  18. (Т-03-09) 10 km
  19. (Р-14; Т-03-09) 2 km
  20. Комунальна вулиця (Т-03-09) 14 km
  21. Мостова вулиця (Т-03-09)
  22. вулиця Степана Бандери (Т-03-09)
  23. (Т-03-09) 2 km
  24. Ковельська вулиця (М-19) 24 km
  25. —
  26. (М-19) 21 km
  27. —
  28. (М-07) 66 km
  29. (М-07) 3 km
  30. (12) 22 km
  31. Rampa Brzeska (12)
  32. Okszowska
  33. Rejowiecka (12)
  34. Rejowiecka (12) 2 km
  35. Podgórze (12)
  36. Podgórze (12) 3 km
  37. Lubelska (12) 2 km
  38. (12)
  39. (12)
  40. (12) 75 km
  41. (S12; S17) 30 km
  42. (S12) 35 km
  43. (12) 6 km
  44. Wojska Polskiego (12)
  45. Wojska Polskiego (12) 3 km
  46. (12) 21 km
  47. (12) 3 km
  48. Stanisława Żółkiewskiego (9)
  49. Andrzeja Struga 2 km
  50. plac Kazimierza Wielkiego
  51. plac Kazimierza Wielkiego

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, OpenStreetMap via Overpass for fuel stations, and Open Charge Map for EV charging stations. See our methodology for refresh cadence and limitations.