Austria Vignette 2027: The E-Vignette, Prices and How to Buy

What changes with the 2027 vignette

€9.60 to €106.80 by car From 1 day to 1 year Digital only from 2027 2026 prices checked on 19 October 2026

The reform is set out in the Road Toll Act (BStMG), published in the Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt) on 12 December 2025 and in force the following day, text checked on jusline.at.

The two-part system, sticker and digital version, ends with the 2026 vignette year. The Ministry of Infrastructure announced in its press release of 8 October 2025 that the sticker is being replaced by the digital version (BMIMI press release). The digital vignette stays linked to the vehicle’s number plate and country of registration, recorded in the ASFINAG system.

What to remember

• No sticker to buy for the 2027 year: the 2026 sticker stays valid until 31 January 2027 if it is stuck on the windscreen.
• A vignette tied to your plate: a wrong entry is not recognised by the cameras.
• The 2027 price had not been published at the time of checking; prices are indexed every year.

Pixidia tip: if you rent a vehicle, ask the rental company whether the plate is already registered and whether a valid vignette is in place. The official pages we checked do not say who registers the plate of a rental vehicle: do not assume anything.

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What is the deadline to buy the sticker?

It is the question readers ask most often, and the official texts do not give a single date. The Austrian Parliament, at its press conference of 6 November 2025, points to 1 December 2026 (« Ab 1. Dezember 2026 »). ASFINAG, in its press release of 8 October 2025, refers to 1 February 2027 for the validity of the digital version alone. The ministry only announces that the sticker ends in 2027. The texts we checked do not say which of these dates applies to selling the sticker: we will not decide until ASFINAG confirms.

What is established: the 2026 sticker stays valid until 31 January 2027 if it is stuck on the windscreen, and there is no sticker for 2027. To be safe, buy a 2026 sticker before 1 December 2026: that is the earliest date cited. Several commercial sites show a precise deadline. No official source we checked confirms it, so we do not repeat it.

For your trip, the practical rule stays the same: get your vignette before you leave, and allow for the 18-day delay on online purchases of two-month and annual vignettes, explained in the next section.

How to buy the e-vignette, step by step

The same vignette can be bought through several channels. The safest is the official ASFINAG website or app, or ÖAMTC stations. Consumer organisations, including the Arbeiterkammer, warn against unofficial portals: they add service fees and collect personal data. Always check that you are on an official site before entering your plate and your card details.

1. Note your number plate and country of registration, then re-read the entry character by character: a mistake is not recognised by the cameras.
2. Choose the duration: one day, ten days, two months or the year, depending on the length of your stay and the number of trips planned.
3. Buy at shop.asfinag.at, in the ASFINAG app, at an ÖAMTC station, at a point of sale, at a toll booth or at a vending machine.
4. Check the start date of validity shown. Online, the two-month and annual vignettes only start on the 18th day at the earliest.

Source: ASFINAG, vignette page and Austria Tourism, checked on 19 October 2026.

The consequence is simple: buying an annual vignette online on the day you leave does not work. If you arrive in Austria the day after buying a two-month or annual vignette online, buy on the spot or take a ten-day vignette online, which is valid immediately.

2026 prices: car and motorcycle

Source: oesterreich.gv.at, ÖAMTC and Austria Tourism (2025 table), checked on 19 October 2026.

2026 prices are up by about 2.9% on 2025, an adjustment linked to inflation. They apply to 2026 only: no 2027 price had been published at the date of checking.

The shortest vignette is not always the cheapest in practice. The ten-day costs only €3.20 more than the one-day: as soon as you drive for two days, take it.

Next is the point at which the annual becomes the better deal. Nine separately bought ten-day vignettes cost €115.20, more than the annual at €106.80. Eight cost €102.40, which is less. For motorcycles, the threshold is the same: nine ten-day vignettes (€45.90) exceed the annual at €42.70. The 2026 annual is valid from 1 December 2025 to 31 January 2027, not for twelve months: the threshold only applies if your trips fall within that window. No period has yet been published for 2027.

Toll sections and tunnels: what the vignette does not cover

Tunnels on the A9, A10, A11, A13 and S16 are charged on top of the vignette. The table below gives the price of a single passage for a car. ASFINAG states that multi-trip cards reduce the cost for repeated passages; check their prices on the official page before buying.

Source: ASFINAG, toll sections page, prices applicable from 1 January 2026, VAT included, checked on 19 October 2026.

Between the barriers of the same toll section, no extra vignette is required. The exception is the A12 Inntal: ASFINAG states that the sticker is mandatory there. Several guides, including Austria Tourism’s, list Kufstein among the sections « without a vignette ». Go with the ASFINAG version and get a valid vignette before entering the A12.

For a trip to Italy via the Brenner, the €12.50 toll is charged on top of the vignette you will have bought for Austrian motorways. The Italian side falls under a different system, which is not covered here.

Number plate, country and penalties: the mistakes that cost you

The digital vignette is tied to your number plate and your country of registration. A typing error is not a minor detail: the camera does not recognise the vehicle, which is then treated as having no valid vignette. Checks rely on automatic plate recognition, backed by ASFINAG and police checks. Before you pay, make sure the plate and country on record match the vehicle that will pass under the camera exactly.

If the replacement toll is not paid, the administrative procedure can lead to a fine of €300 to €3,000. For a car, the replacement toll rose to €200 on 1 January 2026, according to ASFINAG’s press release of 13 January 2026. Several guides still quote €120: that is no longer the 2026 amount.

Source: ASFINAG, press release of 13 January 2026 and oesterreich.gv.at, checked on 19 October 2026. The amount applicable to motorcycles is not given here, as no official confirmation was found.

To correct a mistake, act quickly. Before the start date of validity, changing the plate is free according to ÖAMTC. After that date, a change is still possible, with a fee of around €18 according to ÖAMTC. This amount needs to be confirmed in the ASFINAG customer account, which is where the change is made.

Neighbouring countries and toll passes

The Austrian vignette is not valid in other countries. If your route crosses several countries, each has its own system. The table below gives the car prices found, with the source and checking date for each line.

Source: BAZG, DARS, ceskedalnice.cz and e-autopalyamatrica.hu, checked on 19 October 2026. Prices are given in the official currency, without conversion.

For Hungary, we only give the ten-day price: the other durations do not match from one source to another. For Slovenia, the operator’s page is undated: check the price on the spot or on the DARS website before you leave.

Austrian toll passes are run by separate operators, each with its own prices. No vignette covers them.

Source: Grossglockner Hochalpenstraße and Gerlosstrasse, checked on 19 October 2026.

For the Silvretta, a press article reports a closure to through traffic, with no official confirmation found, and no price has been included. Check each pass’s opening and price before planning your route.

Which option for which trip?

The right choice depends on how long you stay, your vehicle and how many trips you make. Here are the most common cases. To explore other destinations, see Pixidia’s English homepage.

• A weekend or a one-day crossing. The ten-day digital vignette is the right choice: €12.80, valid immediately online. The one-day vignette (€9.60) is enough if you only cross Austria in a single day.
• A two- to three-week stay by car. Two or three ten-day vignettes (€25.60 to €38.40) stay cheaper than the annual. Buy each vignette when it becomes useful.
• A road trip or frequent use. Beyond eight ten-day periods, the annual becomes the better deal. To plan the route, our complete guide to the road trip with friends sets out the stages and budget. For a converted van, our guide to van road trips in Europe offers routes and spots: van road trip guide.
• A motorcycle. The ten-day vignette costs €5.10 and the two-month €12.80. The one-day vignette (€3.80) exists in digital form only. The annual (€42.70) breaks even at nine ten-day periods.
• A trailer or towing. According to oesterreich.gv.at, a trailer has no vignette of its own. Touring Belgium states that a towing vehicle of 3.5 t or less pays no supplement. For a special case, check with ASFINAG.
• A rental vehicle. Ask your rental company whether the plate is already registered and whether a valid vignette is in place. The guides we checked do not say.

Budget: three costed scenarios

The amounts below add up the official 2026 prices to give an order of magnitude. They do not replace the price shown at the time of purchase, nor fuel, parking or meals.

Source: calculations based on prices from oesterreich.gv.at, ASFINAG and Grossglockner, checked on 19 October 2026.

With the autumn rate announced at the Grossglockner (€36.50 instead of €46.50), the first scenario drops to €64.30. The motorcycle scenario remains the simplest: a single vignette is enough as long as the route does not pass through a paid tunnel.

What other guides don’t tell you

Two points that online guides handle poorly, checked against official sources, with the date we checked them.

• No sales end date has been confirmed. Several commercial sites show a precise deadline, but no official source we checked confirms it as the end date of sales (Parliament, press conference of 6 November 2025 and ASFINAG, sticker page, both checked on 19 October 2026).
• The sticker is mandatory on the A12 Inntal. Some guide lists class Kufstein among the sections without a vignette; ASFINAG states the opposite (ASFINAG, toll sections page, checked on 19 October 2026).