🇪🇸 Viaje transfronterizo · Spain → Switzerland 🇨🇭
En coche de Madrid a Zürich
Drive from Madrid to Zürich via France. Navigate the AP-1, A-63, and A-630, crossing borders and experiencing diverse landscapes. Plan your route.
- Tiempo de conducción
- 17h 36m
- Distancia
- 1.660 km
- ¿Mismo día?
- Divídelo
- 12 h+, planifica una parada
- Coste de combustible
- ≈ €232
- gasolina · diésel ≈ €199
- Peajes
- ≈ €175
- mixto
- Carga de vehículo eléctrico
- Desconocido
- aún no encuestado
En esta página
Mapa de la ruta
Opciones de ruta
Otros caminos que OSRM encontró entre las dos ciudades — útil cuando el tráfico, los peajes o el paisaje importan más que la velocidad pura.
Sin autopistas
+7h 46m- Distancia:
- 1.634 km (−27 km)
- Duración:
- 25h 22m
Vía: N 145 · N 10 · CL-101 · CM-1001
¿Cómo más puedes hacer este viaje?
Conducir es el enfoque de esta guía; aquí se explica cómo se comparan la bicicleta y (pronto) el tren, el autobús y el avión para el mismo trayecto.
17h 36m
1.660 km · €232 de combustible
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No es realista
1.660 km está muy lejos de ser una cicloturismo típico de varios días. Prueba un tramo más corto, como una etapa de un día o de fin de semana.
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.
Cómo es el viaje
Elaborado a partir de los datos calculados de la ruta el 24 de abril de 2026 y revisado en comparación con la tarjeta resumen de la ruta. Lee nuestra metodología.
Your journey kicks off as you merge onto the A-1 north of Madrid, soon transitioning to the AP-1 toll motorway, which will be your primary companion through much of Spain's Meseta Central. Keep an eye out for the distinctive signs of the Autoridad de Peajes y Caminos (AP) as you cover the initial kilometers. As you approach the Basque Country, the AP-1 will guide you towards the border town of Irún, where you'll pick up the AP-8. This stretch takes you directly to the French border, marking your first international crossing.
Upon entering France, the road designation changes to the A 63, a French autoroute. You'll be covering a significant distance on this well-maintained motorway. While tolls are common on French autoroutes, expect potentially different pricing structures and payment methods compared to Spain. The A 63 will eventually lead you towards Bordeaux, where you will transition onto the A 630, often referred to as the Rocade de Bordeaux. This ring road will then guide you towards the N 89, a route that takes you further east, away from the immediate coast and into the heart of southern France. Be aware that national roads (N-roads) in France can sometimes have lower speed limits and more varied conditions than autoroutes, though the N 89 is a primary route.
Continuing east on the N 89, you'll traverse diverse landscapes, passing through regions like the Auvergne. Eventually, the N 89 will connect you to further motorways heading towards the Swiss border. As you near the Alps, pay attention to signage regarding winter tire regulations, which are often mandatory in Switzerland and bordering regions during colder months. Crossing into Switzerland means a change in speed limits, toll systems (typically vignettes rather than pay-as-you-go), and fuel prices, which tend to be higher than in Spain or France. The final leg into Zürich will involve navigating Swiss autobahns, where strict adherence to speed limits and lane discipline is expected.
Puntos destacados de la ruta
- AP-1 toll road through Spain's heartland
- Crossing the Spanish-French border at Irún
- Navigating the French A-63 autoroute
- Bordeaux ring road (A 630) connection
- The scenic N 89 national road through central France
- Entering Switzerland and its motorway vignette system
Plan de viaje
Cómo plantear el viaje: un día, dividido o con noche.
Se recomienda pasar la noche
Demasiado largo para un día de un solo conductor. Planifica 1 parada(s) de una noche para hacer este viaje correctamente.
Una parada natural para pasar la noche cerca del punto medio: Brive-la-Gaillarde (fr).
- Distancia:
- 1.660 km
- Duración:
- 17h 36m (flujo libre, sin tráfico)
Dónde parar
Lugares a lo largo de la ruta que sirven como paradas naturales para tomar un café, almorzar o pasar la noche.
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Burgos 🇪🇸 es
≈208 kmdesvío de ≈ 32.1 km de la ruta principal
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Deba 🇪🇸 es
≈415 kmdesvío de ≈ 2.6 km de la ruta principal
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Mios 🇫🇷 fr
≈623 kmdesvío de ≈ 26.4 km de la ruta principal
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Trélissac 🇫🇷 fr
≈830 kmdesvío de ≈ 18.4 km de la ruta principal
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Châtel-Guyon 🇫🇷 fr
≈1.038 kmdesvío de ≈ 15.3 km de la ruta principal
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Montchanin 🇫🇷 fr
≈1.245 kmdesvío de ≈ 2 km de la ruta principal
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Baume-les-Dames 🇫🇷 fr
≈1.453 kmdesvío de ≈ 22.8 km de la ruta principal
Movimientos clave
Cosas que debes saber antes de salir: fronteras, lado de la carretera, peajes.
Cadena de varios países · ES → FR → CH
Cruzarás 3 países en este viaje, cada uno con su propio sistema de peajes, precios de combustible y normas de autopista. Lee la sección de información esencial a continuación antes de salir, y ten la documentación del vehículo y la tarjeta de seguro en el bolsillo de la puerta para cualquier control en carretera.
Peajes en autopistas en ES / FR
Presupuesta los peajes de autopista: Francia, Italia, España y Portugal cobran por kilómetro, Croacia y Grecia por tramo. Las tarjetas contactless funcionan casi en todas partes; ten una cargada.
Se requiere viñeta en CH
Austria, Suiza, República Checa, Eslovaquia, Hungría, Eslovenia, Bulgaria y Rumanía requieren una pegatina o viñeta electrónica para usar las autopistas. Cómprala en la frontera; no tenerla supone una multa considerable en el acto.
Largo tramo rural en N 70
Planifica unos 43 km de carreteras secundarias de dos carriles. Más lentas que la autopista, pero a menudo son la parte bonita; menos adelantamientos al anochecer.
Largo tramo rural en N 80
Planifica unos 26 km de carreteras secundarias de dos carriles. Más lentas que la autopista, pero a menudo son la parte bonita; menos adelantamientos al anochecer.
Imprescindible antes de partir
Cosas que un conductor de otro país no se le ocurriría preguntar — multas, pegatinas, tarjetas de pago, horarios.
Acceso a ciudades & zonas de bajas emisiones
Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla now run ZBE low-emission zones
ImprescindibleSpain'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.
Order your Crit'Air sticker before the trip
ImprescindibleParis, 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.
Foreign plates must be pre-registered to enter the centre
ImprescindibleMadrid
Cameras read your plate but don't know your emission class. Without registration on Madrid's portal (madrid.es/zbe), the system flags you regardless of the car's actual rating, and the fine reaches your home address weeks later via cross-border collection. Register before you set off.
Madrid 360 / ZBEDEP — pre-2000 cars banned outright
ImprescindibleMadrid
Madrid Central (now ZBEDEP) is one of the strictest emission zones in Europe. Within the 4.7 km² central perimeter (formerly Distrito Centro), vehicles registered before 2000 are banned outright; the rest need to match Spain's "Etiqueta Ambiental" rating. Operates 24/7. Fine is €200 per entry.
Fronteras & documentos
You're leaving the EU customs zone
ImprescindibleSwitzerland is in Schengen but NOT in the EU customs union. Random customs stops happen at every border. Personal allowance: €300 in goods (CHF cash equivalent), 5L wine, 1L spirits. Above that you declare and pay duty. If you've loaded the boot with cured meat or cheese in Italy, declare it — confiscation is routine.
Peajes, viñetas & pago de carretera
Mont Blanc, Grand St Bernard, San Bernardino tunnels charge extra
ImprescindibleThe vignette covers most motorways but NOT the major Alpine road tunnels. Mont Blanc tunnel (FR-IT) is roughly €54 one-way for a passenger car, Grand St Bernard about €33, San Bernardino is included in the vignette but Gotthard road tunnel is a vignette-only route in summer (the queue can be 2 hours; the rail-shuttle alternative through the Lötschberg is faster).
Vignette is annual only — CHF 40
ImprescindibleSwitzerland sells one vignette: an annual sticker (or e-vignette) for CHF 40 / about €42. There's no 10-day option. Buy at any border post or online before you leave. The sticker must be physically affixed to the windscreen — keeping it loose in the glovebox earns the same CHF 200 fine as not having one.
You'll hit three different toll systems on this trip
ImprescindibleThis 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.
Contactless works at every autoroute booth
ÚtilFrench 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.
Most Spanish tolls were abolished in 2024
ConsejoThe 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.
Qué debe llevar tu coche
Hi-vis vest in the cabin, triangle in the boot
ImprescindibleA 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.
Normas & costumbres de conducción
Priorité à droite still applies in towns
ÚtilOn 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
ÚtilOSRM 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.
Gasolineras
Off-motorway stations close late evening
ConsejoSpanish 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.
Reglas, tarifas y umbrales cambian. Verifica siempre la fuente oficial el día antes de conducir — esta página es una lista de control, no una referencia legal.
Carreteras principales
Las autopistas en las que esta ruta pasa la mayor parte de los kilómetros.
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A 89 La Transeuropéenne328 km
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A-1 Autovía del Norte258 km
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A 36 La Comtoise237 km
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A 63 Autoroute de la Côte Basque205 km
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AP-1 Autopista del Norte126 km
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A 79 La Bourbonnaise91 km
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AP-1; AP-8 Kantauriko autobidea65 km
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A 71 L'Arverne46 km
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A3 —45 km
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N 70 —43 km
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A 6 Autoroute du Soleil30 km
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N 80 —26 km
Carácter de la ruta
Cuánto del viaje es autopista frente a secundaria frente a rural.
Viaje por autopista — rápido, predecible, sin incidentes.
- Autopista
- 93%
- Secundaria
- 6%
- Otro / rural
- 1%
Dificultad de conducción
Percepción rápida: ¿qué tan exigente es este viaje para un conductor?
General
Exigente
Viaje duro: múltiples factores complicantes se suman a la fatiga. Se recomienda encarecidamente dividirlo en varios días.
- Viaje largo: 17h 36m al volante a velocidades de flujo libre.
- Transfronterizo: ES → CH. Ten los documentos a mano y consulta las normativas fronterizas.
Combustible y peajes
Estimación aproximada del coste para un coche de pasajeros típico de la UE. Trátalo como una estimación: los precios en surtidor cambian semanalmente.
Gasolina (RON 95)
≈ €232
124.5 L × €1.86 / L · 7.5 L/100 km
Diésel
≈ €199
99.6 L × €1.99 / L · 6 L/100 km
Eléctrico (carga rápida DC)
≈ €173
291 kWh × €0.60 / kWh · 17.5 kWh/100 km
Carga rápida DC pública — la carga AC en casa o en hotel suele costar la mitad.
Peajes de autopista y viñetas
≈ €175
- ES — €0.09/km en la red de autopistas (≈ 536 km en el país ≈ €48) Sin peajes en la red A; se cobra solo en las carreteras AP.
- FR — €0.10/km en la red de autopistas (≈ 843 km en el país ≈ €84)
- CH — Viñeta (pegatina de autopista / viñeta electrónica) — €42.00 por 365 días
Precios actualizados por última vez el 2026-05-04. Fuente: Boletín Semanal de Petróleo de la UE más operadores de autopistas nacionales.
Tiempo por mes
Máxima diurna promedio / mínima nocturna y precipitación mensual típica, en los últimos cinco años.
🇪🇸 Madrid
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| 50mm | 17mm | 120mm | 44mm | 62mm | 43mm | 1mm | 6mm | 64mm | 87mm | 39mm | 30mm |
caliente templado frío
🇨🇭 Zürich
| Ene | Feb | Mar | Abr | May | Jun | Jul | Ago | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dic |
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| 91mm | 43mm | 98mm | 114mm | 153mm | 105mm | 174mm | 118mm | 126mm | 112mm | 148mm | 109mm |
caliente templado frío
Próximos 5 días en Zürich
Pronóstico en vivo — se actualiza cada pocas horas.
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Mar 12
⛅
7° / 5°
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Mié 13
⛅
14° / 3°
18.4mm
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Jue 14
🌧️
12° / 5°
58.9mm
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Vie 15
⛅
11° / 4°
13.9mm
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Sáb 16
🌧️
8° / 7°
13.7mm
Pronóstico: MET Norway
Direcciones
Resumen de las maniobras principales, giro a giro, generado por OSRM.
Mostrar todas las 64 maniobras
- Calle de la Cruz 0.1 km
- Plaza de las Cortes 0.2 km
- Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo
- Calle de Felipe IV 0.1 km
- Calle de Alcalá
- Calle de Alcalá 2 km
- Calzada lateral M-30 (M-30) 0.7 km
- Avenida de la Paz (M-30) 4 km
- Autovía del Norte (A-1) 108 km
- Autovía Madrid - Burgos (A-1) 6 km
- Autovía del Norte (A-1) 113 km
- Autovía del Norte (A-1) 8 km
- Autopista del Norte (AP-1) 83 km
- (A-1) 14 km
- (A-1) 9 km
- — 0.3 km
- — 0.4 km
- — 0.3 km
- (N-622) 0.9 km
- — 1 km
- — 0.4 km
- (AP-1) 43 km
- Iparraldeko autobidea (AP-1) 1.0 km
- Kantauriko autobidea (AP-1; AP-8) 42 km
- Kantauriko autobidea (AP-1; AP-8) 8 km
- AP-1 / AP-8 (AP-1; AP-8) 2 km
- Bizkaiko Golkoko Autobidea (AP-1; AP-8) 3 km
- Bizkaiko Golkoko Autobidea (AP-1; AP-8) 3 km
- Bizkaiko Golkoko Autobidea (AP-1; AP-8) 0.2 km
- AP-1 / AP-8 (AP-1; AP-8) 7 km
- Autoroute de la Côte Basque (A 63) 31 km
- Autoroute des Landes (A 63) 174 km
- — 0.7 km
- Rocade Extérieure (A 630) 17 km
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- (N 89) 18 km
- La Transeuropéenne (A 89) 167 km
- La Transeuropéenne 0.3 km
- L'Occitane (A 20) 16 km
- (A 89) 160 km
- (A 71) 1.0 km
- L'Arverne (A 71) 46 km
- — 0.6 km
- La Bourbonnaise (A 79) 91 km
- Route Centre-Europe Atlantique (N 79) 10 km
- (N 70) 43 km
- (N 80)
- (N 80) 26 km
- (N 80)
- — 0.3 km
- Autoroute du Soleil (A 6) 30 km
- Autoroute de Lorraine-Bourgogne (A 31) 5 km
- (A 36) 163 km
- La Comtoise (A 36) 74 km
- — 0.4 km
- (A 5) 20 km
- (A 98) 15 km
- (A 861) 4 km
- (A3) 45 km
- (A1; A3) 13 km
- (A1H) 4 km
- (A1H) 0.7 km
- Bahnhofquai 0.4 km
- Schanzengasse
Preguntas frecuentes
Are there tolls on the AP-1 and A-63?
Yes, both the Spanish AP-1 and the French A-63 are toll motorways. Payment is typically done at toll booths or via electronic transponders.
What are the speed limits in France and Switzerland?
In France, standard autoroute speed limits are 130 km/h in dry conditions, reducing in rain. In Switzerland, the general speed limit on motorways is 120 km/h.
Do I need a vignette for Switzerland?
Yes, a vignette (a sticker for your windshield) is mandatory for driving on Swiss motorways and is valid for a calendar year.
What fuel prices can I expect?
Fuel prices generally increase as you move north and east through Europe. Expect to pay more in France than in Spain, and potentially the most in Switzerland.
Are there any low-emission zones to consider?
Major French cities, including Bordeaux, may have low-emission zones (Zones à Faibles Émissions - ZFE). Check local regulations for specific vehicle requirements if you plan to drive through city centers.
Cómo se construye esta página
Compilado por COD Solutions Oy a partir de datos europeos abiertos — 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. Consulta nuestra metodología para conocer la frecuencia de actualización y las limitaciones.