All you need to know about Hungarian motorway tolls

Just as you have to buy a ticket in advance for public transport, you also have to buy the e-vignette before driving onto the motorway. If you happen to forget to buy an evignette, you still have 60 minutes to stop and buy it at a petrol station or online (of course not while driving). You need an e-vignettenot only on motorways but also on dual carriageways.

National e-vignettes can be used on the entire toll road network in Hungary.

The shortest period is the daily e-vignette which is valid from the exact time of completion of the purchase until midnight on the same day. (In the case of advance purchase, it is valid from midnight to midnight on the day given on purchase.

The weekly (10-day) national e-vignette is valid from the starting day and the additional nine consecutive days.

The monthly e-vignette is valid from the starting day until the 24th hour of the same day of the following month, or until the 24th hour of the last day of the month.

It’s worth buying an annual national e-vignette if you travel around Hungary often for personal reasons or on business. This can be used from the date of purchase (or from the first day of the current year in case of pre-purchase) until midnight on 31 January of the year following the reference year. So it can be valid for up to 13 months. 

As for the daily, weekly (10-day) and monthly e-vignettes it is important to note that if you do not specify the start of the validity period, the e-vignette is valid for road use from the time of purchase.

You can also buy a regional e-vignette, which can only be used on the toll expressway network of a specific county.

When purchasing a motorway e-vignette, always check the following data recorded for the e-vignette before paying: the licence plate number, the country code, the vehicle category, the validity period and the county, if you are buying a regional e-vignette. If you enter the data incorrectly, you may have to pay an additional fee.