🇮🇹 Cross-border drive · Italy → Austria 🇦🇹
Driving from Turin to Vienna
A practical guide to driving from Turin to Vienna, covering toll roads, the Italian-Austrian border, and essential tips for navigating the Alps.
- Drive time
- 10h 25m
- Distance
- 1,000 km
- Same day?
- Long day
- under 12 h
- Fuel cost
- ≈ €134
- petrol · diesel ≈ €120
- Tolls
- ≈ €70
- mixed
- EV charging
- Unknown
- not yet surveyed
On this page
Route map
Route options
Other paths OSRM found between the two cities — handy when traffic, tolls, or scenery matter more than raw speed.
Alternative
+32m- Distance:
- 999 km (+1 km)
- Duration:
- 10h 55m
Via: A1 · A4 · A22 · A12
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.
10h 25m
1.000 km · €134 fuel
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Not realistic
1.000 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.
What the drive is like
Drafted from the route's computed data on April 25, 2026 and reviewed against the route summary card. Read our methodology.
You clear the sprawl of Turin by merging onto the A4 toward Milan, a high-speed artery that demands constant vigilance as it cuts through the heart of northern Italy. The industrial pace of the Po Valley is relentless, and traffic density remains high until you peel off toward the A23 at Palmanova. As you push north, the horizon transforms from the flat agricultural plains into the jagged, looming mass of the Carnic Alps. This transition is your final chance to enjoy the Italian Autostrade system, which relies on distance-based ticket booths; ensure you have a card or cash ready for the exit points before the landscape turns mountainous. Crossing the border at Tarvisio marks a decisive shift in driving culture, where the chaotic Italian lane discipline gives way to the precise, rule-bound order of Austrian motorways. Before passing through the border, top up your tank in Italy, as fuel prices are generally more competitive in the southern reaches compared to the Austrian alpine stations. Once in Austria, you must immediately ensure your digital or physical vignette is displayed, as the local police are strict regarding compliance on the A2. The climb through the Austrian passes demands respect, especially if your trip coincides with early or late-season mountain weather where snow flurries are common. Descending into the Vienna basin, the character of the road softens, and the final stretch into the city capital is remarkably smooth. Be aware that Vienna enforces strict low-emission standards, and your focus should shift from mountain navigation to city-center traffic management. Throughout the journey, remember that while the speed limit is 130 km/h on both sides, the enforcement mechanisms differ significantly, with the Austrians utilizing extensive automated camera networks. If you are travelling in winter months, carry chains, as local mandates in the mountain passes are enforced regardless of how clear the main tarmac appears.
Route highlights
- The transition from the A4 to the A23 at Palmanova
- The Tarvisio border crossing between Italy and Austria
- The Alpine landscapes along the A2 motorway through Carinthia
- The arrival into the historic city center of Vienna
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: Villach (at).
- Distance:
- 1,000 km
- Duration:
- 10h 25m (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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Pregnana Milanese 🇮🇹 it
≈125 km≈ 1.3 km detour from the main route
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Lonato 🇮🇹 it
≈250 km≈ 2.4 km detour from the main route
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Vigonza 🇮🇹 it
≈375 km≈ 2.4 km detour from the main route
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San Giorgio di Nogaro 🇮🇹 it
≈500 km≈ 12.9 km detour from the main route
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Villach 🇦🇹 at
≈625 km≈ 15.3 km detour from the main route
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Wolfsberg 🇦🇹 at
≈750 km≈ 13.8 km detour from the main route
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Pinkafeld 🇦🇹 at
≈875 km≈ 12.2 km detour from the main route
Key moves
Things to know before you set off — borders, sides of the road, tolls.
Multi-country chain · IT → FR → AT → SI
You'll cross 4 countries on this drive — each with its own toll system, fuel pricing, and motorway rules. Skim the must-know section below before you set off, and have your registration plus insurance card in the door pocket for any roadside check.
Tolls on motorways in IT / FR
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.
Vignette required in AT / SI
Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and Romania require a sticker or e-vignette for motorway use. Buy at the border — missing one is a heavy on-the-spot fine.
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
Order your Crit'Air sticker before the trip
Must knowParis, Lyon, Strasbourg, Marseille, Toulouse and a growing list of cities require a Crit'Air air-quality sticker visible on your windscreen — even for a single drive-through. It's €4.51 from the official site and ships by post (allow 2–6 weeks abroad). Without it, expect on-the-spot fines from €68. Your registration document tells the issuer your emission class.
ZTL cameras read your plate from any country
Must knowItalian historic centres (Florence, Rome, Milan, Bologna, Pisa, Siena, Verona, Naples, Turin, Palermo and dozens more) are ringed by automatic Zona Traffico Limitato cameras. Driving in without a permit triggers €80–120 per crossing, and the fine reaches your home address up to a year later via cross-border collection. Treat any city centre as off-limits unless you've confirmed your hotel offers a permit, and ask the hotel to register your plate the day you arrive.
Italian historic-centre ZTL — confirm your hotel registers your plate
Must knowTurin
This city's old town is encircled by automatic ZTL cameras. Crossing without a permit triggers €80–120 per pass. Ask your hotel the day you arrive: "Can you register my plate for ZTL access?" Some only register the entry, not parking — clarify both. Cameras read plates from any country and Italian fines reach foreign addresses up to a year later.
Whole-city paid parking — no free street spaces inside the Gürtel
Must knowVienna
Vienna extended its short-term parking zone (Kurzparkzone) to all 23 districts in 2022. Foreign plates pay via Handyparken app or paper "Parkschein" tickets at trafiks (newsagents). Daytime parking is €2.50/hour, max 2 hours per ticket — meaning practically you need a private parking garage for any stay over 2 hours. Garages average €4–6/hour or €25/day.
Tolls, vignettes & road payment
Digital vignette before crossing the border
Must knowAustrian motorways need a vignette — €10.10 for 10 days, €30.40 for 2 months, or €103.80 annual. The digital version (linked to your plate) is bought online at asfinag.at and activates from a chosen date — if you buy on the Austrian side of the border, it's only valid 18 days later under consumer-protection rules. Buy ahead.
You'll hit three different toll systems on this trip
Must knowThis route crosses countries with mismatched toll mechanics — France's ticket-and-pay, vignette stickers, electronic-only stretches. There's no single transponder that works everywhere, but a Telepass EU device covers FR/IT/ES/PT and a Bip&Go covers the same plus a few more. For a one-off trip, contactless cards plus a Swiss vignette and Austrian e-vignette is the simplest mix.
Brenner, Tauern and Karawanken tunnels are extra
UsefulEight Austrian routes charge separate tolls on top of the vignette: Brenner (A13, ~€11.50), Pyhrn (A9, ~€6.50), Tauern (A10, ~€14), Karawanken (A11, ~€8.50) and others. Pay at the booth — no vignette discount. If you're heading south to Italy via the A13, budget for it.
Contactless works at every autoroute booth
UsefulFrench autoroutes use a ticket system: take a card on entry, pay on exit. Every barrier accepts contactless tap-to-pay — pull into the "CB / bank card" lane (orange "t" logo means Liber-T transponder only, avoid those). For frequent EU travellers a Bip&Go transponder pays itself off in two trips by skipping the queue.
Telepass saves you the toll-booth queue
UsefulItalian autostrade work like France: ticket on entry, pay on exit. Contactless cards work at most modern lanes (look for "Carte" — avoid yellow "Telepass" lanes without the device). For long routes, a Telepass EU transponder works in IT/FR/ES/PT and pays for itself across two days; at minimum, keep your insurance card and registration in the door pocket — booth attendants occasionally ask.
What your car must carry
Hi-vis vest in the cabin, triangle in the boot
Must knowA reflective vest must be reachable without leaving the vehicle (in the door pocket or under your seat — boot is too late). One warning triangle is also mandatory. The 2012 breathalyzer rule was scrapped in 2020 but is still nice to keep. No spare-bulb requirement.
Hi-vis vest mandatory before stepping out
Must knowItalian law requires you to wear a reflective vest before exiting the vehicle on a motorway shoulder, day or night. One warning triangle in the boot is also required. Both items are typically €15 at any Autogrill or fuel station — don't arrive without them.
Driving rules & habits
Priorité à droite still applies in towns
UsefulOn urban streets without signs, traffic from your right has priority — even from a side street that looks subordinate. Outside cities the rule is mostly retired, but in residential French villages it survives. Slow at every right-hand junction unless a yellow diamond on your road tells you you're on the priority road.
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.
Bicycles on the right — turn right with extreme care
TipVienna
Vienna built out a Copenhagen-style bike network from 2020–2024. Most major streets now have a separated bike lane on the right. Right-turning cars must yield to a bike going straight in the bike lane — the rule that catches most foreigners. Look over your right shoulder before turning.
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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A4 Autostrada Serenissima489 km
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A2 Süd Autobahn368 km
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A23 Autostrada Alpe-Adria127 km
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B227 Schüttelstraße3 km
Route character
How much of the drive is motorway vs. secondary vs. rural.
Motorway drive — fast, predictable, uneventful.
- Motorway
- 98%
- Secondary
- 0%
- Other / rural
- 2%
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: 10h 25m behind the wheel at free-flow speeds.
- Cross-border: it → at. Keep documents accessible and check border rules.
Fuel & tolls
Rough cost expectation for a typical EU passenger car. Treat as an estimate — pump prices change weekly.
Petrol (RON 95)
≈ €134
75 L × €1.78 / L · 7.5 L/100 km
Diesel
≈ €120
60 L × €2.00 / L · 6 L/100 km
Electric (DC fast)
≈ €105
175 kWh × €0.60 / kWh · 17.5 kWh/100 km
Public DC fast charging — slower AC charging at home or hotels typically costs about half.
Motorway tolls & vignettes
≈ €70
- IT — €0.08/km on the motorway network (≈ 513 km in-country ≈ €38)
- FR — €0.10/km on the motorway network (≈ 51 km in-country ≈ €5)
- AT — Vignette (motorway sticker / e-vignette) — €10.10 for 10 days Annual vignette is €103.80 if you drive often
- SI — Vignette (motorway sticker / e-vignette) — €16.00 for 7 days Annual vignette is €117.50 if you drive often
Prices last refreshed 2026-05-04.
Weather by month
Average daytime high / overnight low and typical monthly rainfall, over the past five years.
🇮🇹 Turin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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8°
-1°
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11°
1°
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15°
4°
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19°
7°
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21°
12°
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27°
17°
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30°
19°
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31°
19°
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24°
14°
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19°
11°
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12°
2°
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9°
0°
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| 40mm | 68mm | 121mm | 107mm | 220mm | 118mm | 68mm | 104mm | 106mm | 117mm | 21mm | 56mm |
hot mild cold
🇦🇹 Vienna
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5°
-1°
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8°
1°
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13°
4°
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16°
7°
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20°
10°
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26°
16°
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28°
18°
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28°
17°
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23°
13°
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17°
9°
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9°
3°
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5°
1°
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| 37mm | 28mm | 49mm | 76mm | 74mm | 62mm | 62mm | 47mm | 130mm | 53mm | 50mm | 46mm |
hot mild cold
Next 5 days at Vienna
Live forecast — refreshes every few hours.
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Tue 12
☀️
11° / 8°
—
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Wed 13
☀️
17° / 6°
1.3mm
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Thu 14
🌧️
19° / 10°
36.7mm
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Fri 15
⛅
17° / 9°
1.4mm
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Sat 16
⛅
18° / 10°
6.8mm
Forecast: MET Norway
Directions
Turn-by-turn summary of the main manoeuvres, generated by OSRM.
Show all 26 manoeuvres
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- Piazza Castello 0.1 km
- Via Francesco Cigna 0.1 km
- Via Francesco Cigna
- Via Francesco Cigna
- Corso Giulio Cesare 0.1 km
- Corso Giulio Cesare
- Autostrada Serenissima (A4)
- Autostrada Serenissima (A4) 489 km
- Autostrada Alpe-Adria (A23) 54 km
- Galleria Lago (A23) 4 km
- Galleria Mena (A23) 12 km
- Autostrada Alpe-Adria (A23) 9 km
- Galleria Raccolana (A23) 8 km
- Autostrada Alpe-Adria (A23) 32 km
- Süd Autobahn (A2) 52 km
- Süd Autobahn (A2) 182 km
- Süd Autobahn (A2) 132 km
- Süd Autobahn (A2) 2 km
- Südosttangente (A23) 5 km
- Hochstraße St. Marx (A23) 3 km
- — 0.4 km
- Ost Autobahn (A4) 0.2 km
- Schüttelstraße (B227) 3 km
- Marc-Aurel-Straße
- Jasomirgottstraße
Frequently asked
Do I need a vignette for this route?
Yes, a vignette is mandatory for using Austrian motorways. You can purchase these at petrol stations near the border or online before your departure.
How do tolls work in Italy?
The Italian motorway system uses a distance-based toll. You pick up a ticket when entering the motorway and pay at your exit point based on the distance traveled.
Are there specific winter requirements?
Yes, if driving through the Alps in winter, you are required to have winter tires and should carry snow chains, as local authorities may mandate their use during heavy snowfall.
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, EU Weekly Oil Bulletin for cross-border fuel-price bands, and Google Gemini drafts the narrative and FAQ from the computed route data. See our methodology for refresh cadence and limitations.