🇮🇹 Same-country drive · Italy
Driving from Venice to Milan
- Drive time
- 3h
- Distance
- 266 km
- Same day?
- Yes, half day
- under 4 h
- Fuel cost
- ≈ €40
- petrol · diesel ≈ €36
- Tolls
- ≈ €20
- per-km
- EV charging
- Plenty fast
- 57 of 156 ≥50 kW
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.
Avoids motorways
+2h 3m- Distance:
- 297 km (+31 km)
- Duration:
- 5h 4m
Via: Tangenziale Sud · SP415 · SP CR ex SS 235 · SPexSS415
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.
Trip plan
How to think about the drive: one day, split, or overnight.
Easy one-day drive
Comfortable as a single day for one driver. Leave after breakfast, arrive with time to settle in.
- Distance:
- 266 km
- Duration:
- 3h (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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Monteforte d'Alpone 🇮🇹 it
≈89 km≈ 2.6 km detour from the main route
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Brescia 🇮🇹 it
≈177 km≈ 2.4 km detour from the main route
Key moves
Things to know before you set off — borders, sides of the road, tolls.
Tolls on motorways in IT
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
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.
Area B is the bigger ring — and bans most older diesels
Must knowMilan
Area B covers ~72% of the city, Mon–Fri 7:30–19:30. Crucially it bans Euro 4 diesels outright (and Euro 5 from October 2025). If your car is older than 2014, check before you arrive. Penalty for unauthorised entry is €81–333 plus the camera fine.
Area C: €5/day to enter the historic centre
Must knowMilan
Milan's small inner-ring (Cerchia dei Bastioni) charges €5 to enter Mon–Fri 7:30–19:30 (Thu until 18:00). Pay via the Atm app, parking meters or the official site within the same day. Foreign plates: register at the Comune di Milano portal first, otherwise the camera fine reaches you in 60–90 days.
Tolls, vignettes & road payment
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 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.
Fuel stations
"Servito" pumps cost about €0.20/L more
UsefulItalian fuel stations split between fai-da-te (self-service) and servito (attended). The same station typically offers both, with attended pumps charging a 10–15% premium. Off-hours, attended turns into self-service automatically. If a pump is out of paper or won't take your card, try the next station — Italian banking sometimes refuses foreign chip cards on first attempt.
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.
Off-motorway stations close at lunch and on Sundays
TipOutside motorways, expect 12:30–15:30 closures and most of Sunday off. Motorway service areas (autogrill) run 24/7. If you're cutting through a small town in the early afternoon, fuel before noon or push to the next motorway entrance.
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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A4 Autostrada Serenissima163 km
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A35 BreBeMi55 km
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A57 Tangenziale di Mestre9 km
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SP14 Strada Provinciale 14 Rivoltana7 km
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A35 - VAR Variante di Liscate6 km
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SR11 Via della Libertà5 km
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A58 Tangenziale Est Esterna di Milano3 km
Route character
How much of the drive is motorway vs. secondary vs. rural.
Motorway drive — fast, predictable, uneventful.
- Motorway
- 90%
- Secondary
- 4%
- Other / rural
- 6%
Drive difficulty
At-a-glance feel: how demanding is this drive for one driver?
Overall
Easy
Straightforward drive. One driver, one day, little to worry about beyond fuel and a toilet stop.
- No major complicating factors — motorway-heavy, single country, comfortable length.
Elevation profile
Highs, lows, and the total climb / descent along the route.
- Lowest point
- 0 m
- Highest point
- 142 m
- Total ascent
- ↑ 268 m
- Total descent
- ↓ 135 m
Fuel & tolls
Rough cost expectation for a typical EU passenger car. Treat as an estimate — pump prices change weekly.
Petrol (RON 95)
≈ €40
19.9 L × €2.02 / L · 7.5 L/100 km
Diesel
≈ €36
15.9 L × €2.24 / L · 6 L/100 km
Electric (DC fast)
≈ €30
46 kWh × €0.65 / kWh · 17.5 kWh/100 km
Public DC fast charging — slower AC charging at home or hotels typically costs about half.
Motorway tolls & vignettes
≈ €20
- IT — €0.08/km on the motorway network (≈ 266 km in-country ≈ €20)
Prices last refreshed 2026-10-12.
Fuel and EV charging along the route
Stations within a few kilometres of the road, sampled at evenly-spaced waypoints.
EV charging
57 at 50 kW or above (fast / ultra-fast).
Fastest first
- IPlanet Via Del Plebiscito — Padova 400 kW
- POWY HPC Via dell'Oreficeria 400 kW
- Ionity Sorelle Ramonda Alte Ceccato — Montecchio Maggiore 350 kW
- PORCHE HPC Via dei Laghi — Altavilla Vicentina 320 kW
- Ewiva Padova Corso Australia — Padova 300 kW
- Electra — Verona 300 kW
- IPlanet ads IP Monte Alto Nord — Desenzano del Garda 300 kW
- ELECTRA Via Battaglie — Lonato del Garda 300 kW
- Ewiva Adda Sud — Caravaggio 300 kW
- Ewiva Adda Nord — Caravaggio 300 kW
- Supercharger Padova Ovest 250 kW
- Tesla Supercharger Verona Sud — Verona 250 kW
Weather by month
Average daytime high / overnight low and typical monthly rainfall, over the past five years.
🇮🇹 Venice
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| 74mm | 65mm | 118mm | 86mm | 194mm | 71mm | 102mm | 99mm | 142mm | 157mm | 63mm | 50mm |
hot mild cold
🇮🇹 Milan
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| 72mm | 104mm | 117mm | 125mm | 247mm | 115mm | 128mm | 150mm | 191mm | 170mm | 81mm | 53mm |
hot mild cold
Next 5 days at Milan
Live forecast — refreshes every few hours.
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Mon 26
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Fri 30
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Forecast: MET Norway
Directions
Turn-by-turn summary of the main manoeuvres, generated by OSRM.
Show all 22 manoeuvres
- — 0.2 km
- Ponte della Libertà 4 km
- Via della Libertà (SR11) 5 km
- Via della Libertà 1 km
- Tangenziale di Mestre (A57) 0.1 km
- Tangenziale di Mestre (A57) 9 km
- Tangenziale di Mestre (A57) 2 km
- Autostrada Serenissima (A4) 163 km
- BreBeMi (A35) 55 km
- BreBeMi (A35) 2 km
- Tangenziale Est Esterna di Milano (A58) 3 km
- Variante di Liscate (A35 - VAR) 6 km
- Strada Provinciale 14 Rivoltana (SP14) 4 km
- Via Rivoltana (SP14) 3 km
- Via Rivoltana
- Via Rivoltana
- Via Rivoltana
- Via Arcangelo Corelli
- Via Tucidide
- Piazzale Susa 0.1 km
- Corso Plebisciti 0.4 km
- Via Silvio Pellico
Cycling from Venice to Milan
Touring-pace bicycle route generated by BRouter, with elevation gain and matched against the EuroVelo cycle network.
- Distance
- 328 km
- vs 266 km driving
- Riding time
- 15h 59m
- Touring pace; experienced riders cut this 20–30%.
- Total climb
- ↑ 591 m
Routed on the BRouter trekking profile — balanced for paved leisure tourers; gravel and fast-bike profiles produce different lines.
On the EuroVelo network
Sections of this route follow signed EuroVelo cycle routes — well-maintained, signposted, and bike-friendly:
- EV7 Sun Route · 5 km
- EV5 Via Romea (Francigena) · 1 km
Total: 6,0 km on EuroVelo (2% of the route).
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By coach from Venice to Milan
Indicative duration of the fastest direct long-distance coach found in the FlixBus and BlaBlaCar Bus EU schedules.
- Travel time
- 3h
- Direct
- Operator
- FlixBus-eu
- Departures / day
- ~3
- Approximate based on the published schedule.
Show coach corridor on map
Schedules sourced from the FlixBus and BlaBlaCar Bus GTFS feeds via transport.data.gouv.fr. Times are indicative; verify on the operator's site before booking.
Booking link coming soon.
By train from Venice to Milan
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
- 3h
- 2 changes
- Lead operator
- TRENITALIA
- Alternatives
- 5
- Itineraries returned by the planner.
Trains on the fastest itinerary
- FR
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, BRouter for the bicycle route, EuroVelo GPX (ODbL) by the European Cyclists' Federation for the cycle-network overlay, Open-Meteo for monthly climate normals, OpenTopoData SRTM 30m for elevation, and Open Charge Map for EV charging stations. See our methodology for refresh cadence and limitations.