🇵🇱 Same-country drive · Poland
Driving from Warsaw to Łódź
- Drive time
- 1h 32m
- Distance
- 136 km
- Same day?
- Yes, half day
- under 4 h
- Fuel cost
- ≈ €16
- petrol · diesel ≈ €15
- Tolls
- ≈ €7
- per-km
- EV charging
- Plenty fast
- 7 of 30 ≥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
+1h 2m- Distance:
- 134 km (−2 km)
- Duration:
- 2h 34m
Via: 92 · 14 · 800
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.
Short hop
Under two hours behind the wheel. Grab a coffee, set the playlist, done before lunch.
- Distance:
- 136 km
- Duration:
- 1h 32m (free-flow, no traffic)
Key moves
Things to know before you set off — borders, sides of the road, tolls.
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.
Must-know before you go
The things a driver from another country wouldn't think to ask about — fines, stickers, payment cards, opening hours.
Fuel stations
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.
Diesel and petrol typically 15–20% cheaper than DE/CZ
TipPolish 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
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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A2 Autostrada Wolności90 km
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A1 Autostrada Bursztynowa17 km
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713 Rokicińska8 km
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S2; S8 Aleja Polskiej Organizacji Wojskowej4 km
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7 Aleje Jerozolimskie4 km
Route character
How much of the drive is motorway vs. secondary vs. rural.
Motorway drive — fast, predictable, uneventful.
- Motorway
- 79%
- Secondary
- 3%
- Other / rural
- 18%
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
- 90 m
- Highest point
- 236 m
- Total ascent
- ↑ 171 m
- Total descent
- ↓ 70 m
Fuel & tolls
Rough cost expectation for a typical EU passenger car. Treat as an estimate — pump prices change weekly.
Petrol (RON 95)
≈ €16
10.2 L × €1.57 / L · 7.5 L/100 km
Diesel
≈ €15
8.1 L × €1.80 / L · 6 L/100 km
Electric (DC fast)
≈ €11
24 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
≈ €7
- PL — €0.05/km on the motorway network (≈ 136 km in-country ≈ €7)
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
7 at 50 kW or above (fast / ultra-fast).
Fastest first
- Autostrada Wolności — Nowostawy Dolne 350 kW
- IONITY MOP Nowostawy (dir. Warsaw) — Nowostawy Dolne 350 kW
- GreenWay Elektrownia Powiśle — Warszawa 140 kW
- Warsaw Supercharger — Warsaw 120 kW
- Parkuj i jedź P&R Grodzisk Mazowiecki — Grodzisk Mazowiecki 50 kW
- PKN Orlen — Łódź 50 kW
- PKN Orlen — Łódź 50 kW
- GreenWay Stacja Paliw Bliska Łyszkowice — Łyszkowice 43 kW
- IBIS Hotel Zagórna — Warsaw 40 kW
- Greenway Sukcesja Łódź — Łódź 40 kW
- H15 Boutique Hotel — Warszawa 22 kW
- Grupa PKP Energetyka — Warszawa 22 kW
Weather by month
Average daytime high / overnight low and typical monthly rainfall, over the past five years.
🇵🇱 Warsaw
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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-1°
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5°
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11°
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15°
6°
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20°
9°
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24°
14°
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26°
16°
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26°
16°
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23°
13°
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14°
7°
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6°
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4°
0°
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| 58mm | 49mm | 41mm | 55mm | 53mm | 58mm | 89mm | 74mm | 35mm | 62mm | 48mm | 49mm |
hot mild cold
🇵🇱 Łódź
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4°
-1°
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5°
-1°
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15°
5°
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19°
8°
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24°
13°
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25°
15°
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25°
15°
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22°
13°
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13°
6°
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6°
1°
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4°
-0°
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| 57mm | 46mm | 39mm | 38mm | 42mm | 56mm | 85mm | 90mm | 49mm | 57mm | 48mm | 45mm |
hot mild cold
Next 5 days at Łódź
Live forecast — refreshes every few hours.
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Sun 25
⛅
8° / 8°
0.1mm
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Mon 26
⛅
11° / 5°
—
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Tue 27
☀️
12° / 3°
—
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Wed 28
⛅
12° / 4°
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Thu 29
⛅
9° / 6°
1.8mm
Forecast: MET Norway
Directions
Turn-by-turn summary of the main manoeuvres, generated by OSRM.
Show all 15 manoeuvres
- Rondo Romana Dmowskiego 0.1 km
- Aleje Jerozolimskie
- Aleje Jerozolimskie
- Rondo Zesłańców Syberyjskich 0.2 km
- Aleje Jerozolimskie (7) 4 km
- — 2 km
- Aleja Polskiej Organizacji Wojskowej (S8) 0.7 km
- Aleja Polskiej Organizacji Wojskowej (S2; S8) 4 km
- Autostrada Wolności (A2) 90 km
- — 2 km
- Autostrada Bursztynowa (A1) 17 km
- Aleja Cezarego Józefiaka
- Rokicińska (713) 5 km
- Aleja Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego (713) 3 km
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Cycling from Warsaw to Łódź
Touring-pace bicycle route generated by BRouter, with elevation gain and matched against the EuroVelo cycle network.
- Distance
- 136 km
- vs 136 km driving
- Riding time
- 6h 44m
- Touring pace; experienced riders cut this 20–30%.
- Total climb
- ↑ 362 m
Routed on the BRouter trekking profile — balanced for paved leisure tourers; gravel and fast-bike profiles produce different lines.
This route doesn't follow any EuroVelo network sections — expect mixed local cycle paths and quiet roads.
Show route on map
By coach from Warsaw to Łódź
Indicative duration of the fastest direct long-distance coach found in the FlixBus and BlaBlaCar Bus EU schedules.
- Travel time
- 1h 30m
- Direct
- Operator
- FlixBus-eu
- Departures / day
- ~2
- 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 Warsaw to Łódź
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
- 1h 35m
- Direct
- Lead operator
- PKP Intercity
- + 1 more
- Alternatives
- 5
- Itineraries returned by the planner.
Trains on the fastest itinerary
- IC 5116 Generał Kruszewski
All operators across alternatives
- PKP Intercity
- PolRegio
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, 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.