From 1 October 2026 the Romanian road vignette (rovinieta) for cars is priced by the car's Euro emission class: from 20 lei (electric) to 29 lei (Euro 0–3) for one day and from 228 to 330 lei for 12 months, under Order MTI 888/2026. Compared with the tariffs charged in September, the 1-day rovinieta gets dearer for every car, from +8.7% (electric) to +57.6% (Euro 0–3), while the 12-month one gets cheaper only for Euro 6 (−3.4%) and electric cars (−13.3%).
Tariffs are official, in lei, VAT included. Euro equivalents are calculated by fuel-prices.eu at the BNR (National Bank of Romania) rate of 30 September 2026 (5.2785 lei per euro). Percentages and differences are calculated from the tariffs shown.
Official tariffs from 1 October 2026
Order MTI 888/2026 (Monitorul Oficial no. 818 of 25 September 2026) applies to every rovinieta whose validity starts on 1 October 2026 or later; rovinietas bought earlier stay valid until they expire. The official channels are the etoll.ro portal and the TollRo app, plus authorised distributors, SMS and CNAIR sales points.
| Validity | Electric | Euro 6 | Euro 4–5 | Euro 0–3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | 20 lei≈ €3.79 | 22 lei≈ €4.17 | 26 lei≈ €4.93 | 29 lei≈ €5.49 |
| 10 days | 27 lei≈ €5.12 | 30 lei≈ €5.68 | 35 lei≈ €6.63 | 39 lei≈ €7.39 |
| 30 days | 43 lei≈ €8.15 | 48 lei≈ €9.09 | 55 lei≈ €10.42 | 62 lei≈ €11.75 |
| 60 days | 68 lei≈ €12.88 | 76 lei≈ €14.40 | 87 lei≈ €16.48 | 99 lei≈ €18.76 |
| 12 months | 228 lei≈ €43.19 | 254 lei≈ €48.12 | 292 lei≈ €55.32 | 330 lei≈ €62.52 |
| Validity | Electric | Euro 6 | Euro 4–5 | Euro 0–3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | 46 lei≈ €8.71 | 52 lei≈ €9.85 | 59 lei≈ €11.18 | 67 lei≈ €12.69 |
| 10 days | 62 lei≈ €11.75 | 69 lei≈ €13.07 | 79 lei≈ €14.97 | 90 lei≈ €17.05 |
| 30 days | 98 lei≈ €18.57 | 110 lei≈ €20.84 | 126 lei≈ €23.87 | 142 lei≈ €26.90 |
| 60 days | 156 lei≈ €29.55 | 173 lei≈ €32.77 | 199 lei≈ €37.70 | 225 lei≈ €42.63 |
| 12 months | 521 lei≈ €98.70 | 579 lei≈ €109.69 | 665 lei≈ €125.98 | 752 lei≈ €142.46 |
Buses and minibuses (categories C and D) have their own tariffs in the same order. Goods vehicles over 3.5 t no longer buy a rovinieta: they pay TollRO per kilometre (below).
What you pay
Your vehicle's Euro class. The class is the emission class in the vehicle's documents. If no emission-class data can be provided, the vehicle is charged as Euro 0, the highest tariff (note 1 of the order's annex). Electric vehicles without a Euro class get the electric tariff through the energy source shown in field P.3 of the registration certificate (note 2). Check the class you selected before you pay.
Transit tip. The 1-day rovinieta is valid for the calendar day you pay for, not for 24 hours. If you drive on national roads both before and after midnight, you need cover for both calendar days; the 10-day rovinieta costs 30 lei for Euro 6.
Old vs new, for every validity period
| Validity | Until 30 Sep | Electric | Euro 6 | Euro 4–5 | Euro 0–3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | 18.40 lei€3.50 | 20 lei+1.60 lei · +8.7% | 22 lei+3.60 lei · +19.6% | 26 lei+7.60 lei · +41.3% | 29 lei+10.60 lei · +57.6% |
| 10 days | 31.55 lei€6.00 | 27 lei−4.55 lei · −14.4% | 30 lei−1.55 lei · −4.9% | 35 lei+3.45 lei · +10.9% | 39 lei+7.45 lei · +23.6% |
| 30 days | 49.95 lei€9.50 | 43 lei−6.95 lei · −13.9% | 48 lei−1.95 lei · −3.9% | 55 lei+5.05 lei · +10.1% | 62 lei+12.05 lei · +24.1% |
| 60 days | 78.88 lei€15.00 | 68 lei−10.88 lei · −13.8% | 76 lei−2.88 lei · −3.7% | 87 lei+8.12 lei · +10.3% | 99 lei+20.12 lei · +25.5% |
| 12 months | 262.92 lei€50.00 | 228 lei−34.92 lei · −13.3% | 254 lei−8.92 lei · −3.4% | 292 lei+29.08 lei · +11.1% | 330 lei+67.08 lei · +25.5% |
Until 30 September every car paid the same tariff, set in euro and charged in lei at a monthly rate (September 2026: 5.2584 lei per euro, so 18.40 lei for one day and 262.92 lei for 12 months). Goods vehicles up to 3.5 t (category B) differ from cars: Euro 6 pays slightly less for every validity — one day costs 52 lei instead of 52.58 lei (−1.1%) and 12 months 579 lei instead of 599.46 lei (−3.4%); for Euro 0–3, 67 lei (+27.4%) and 752 lei (+25.4%).
What the official portal's price simulator showed
On 30 September 2026 at 21:18 (Romanian time), the rate simulator on the official portal.etoll.ro showed, for “Autoturism (maxim 8 + 1 locuri)” (car) with the “Electric” standard, 22 / 30 / 48 / 76 / 254 lei — the Euro 6 rates. Order MTI 888/2026 sets 20 / 27 / 43 / 68 / 228 lei for electric vehicles. We then checked all 32 combinations in the simulator (4 vehicle categories × 8 standards): 24 differed from the order. Electric vans (category B) were also shown with the Euro 6 rates, some category B Euro 0–5 amounts were 1 leu higher (for example 753 instead of 752 lei for 12 months, Euro 0–3), and for minibuses and coaches (categories C and D) the grids shown were different from those in the order. For combustion-engine cars the amounts matched.
On 1 October 2026 between 00:02 and 00:04 we repeated the check: all 32 combinations matched the order, so the simulator was corrected before the new tariffs took effect. We still recommend checking the amount at checkout.
The drive to the Black Sea, before and after
Calculation fuel-prices.eu for a same-day round trip Bucharest–Constanța: 453.0 km (226.5 km each way, the route we measured on the route page, mostly on the A2), Euro 6 petrol car with an assumed consumption of 6.5 l/100 km, i.e. 29.445 l. At the average price of standard petrol, 10.02 lei/l (1,131 stations, current prices on 1 October 2026 at 06:15), fuel costs 295.04 lei.
- Until 30 September: 1-day rovinieta 18.40 lei + Fetești–Cernavodă bridge both ways 38.00 lei = 56.40 lei.
- From 1 October: 1-day rovinieta 22 lei (Euro 6) + bridge 0 lei = 22 lei.
The round trip costs 34.40 lei less: 351.44 lei before, 317.04 lei now (−9.8%). For a Euro 0–3 car the difference is 27.40 lei, for an electric car 36.40 lei (energy not included). The 10-day rovinieta plus the bridge for a weekend (fuel excluded): 69.55 lei before, 30 lei now for Euro 6, 39.55 lei less. Drivers who already hold a valid rovinieta save only the bridge toll: 38.00 lei per round trip. With diesel (5.5 l/100 km, 10.95 lei/l), fuel for the same trip costs 272.82 lei.
The Danube bridges
- Fetești–Cernavodă (A2) and Giurgeni–Vadu Oii (DN2A): no toll for cars from 1 October 2026. Until 30 September, Fetești cost 19.00 lei per crossing (CNAIR tariff list). The bridge toll came from Government Ordinance 15/2002, which Law 226/2023 repeals; Romania's Ministry of Transport announced the end of both tolls for 1 October.
- Giurgiu–Ruse: no Romanian toll in the Giurgiu → Ruse direction (announced by the Ministry of Transport). In the Ruse → Giurgiu direction, Bulgarian Customs still charge €2 per car (Bulgarian Customs portal).
- Calafat–Vidin: unchanged, €6 per car (bridge operator).
TollRO: what it adds to a truck's costs
From 1 October 2026 goods vehicles over 3.5 t pay per kilometre on motorways, expressways and national roads, except national-road sections inside municipalities (Law 226/2023, art. 2). The rates are set by Order MTI 1925/2025, in lei per km, VAT included:
| Maximum authorised mass | Road type | Euro VI | Euro V–IV | Euro III–0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| over 3.5 t, up to 7.5 t | Motorway / expressway | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.22 |
| over 3.5 t, up to 7.5 t | National road | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
| over 7.5 t, under 12 t | Motorway / expressway | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.37 |
| over 7.5 t, under 12 t | National road | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.19 |
| 12 t or more | Motorway / expressway | 0.48 | 0.55 | 0.62 |
| 12 t or more | National road | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.31 |
Calculation fuel-prices.eu for a 40-tonne Euro VI truck (the 12 t-or-more class) with an assumed consumption of 30 l/100 km: standard diesel costs 10.95 lei/l on average (1,132 stations, current prices on 1 October 2026 at 06:15), i.e. 9.05 lei/l without VAT (21%, which companies deduct), so 2.71 lei per km. Without VAT, TollRO is 0.397 lei/km on motorways and 0.198 lei/km on national roads: TollRO adds about 14.6% (motorway) and 7.3% (national road) to the diesel cost per kilometre.
Example: on the Arad–Bucharest route, the A1 motorway section is 449.1 km in our measurement (route page). TollRO on that section costs 449.1 × 0.48 = 215.57 lei including VAT (≈ €40.84); diesel for the same kilometres costs about 1,219 lei without VAT.
Payment is by route ticket or by a session in the mobile app; SETRE providers with an on-board unit can be used from 15 January 2027 (CNAIR).
Compared with the region
| Country | €/km excl. VAT | Official source |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | €0.572 | ASFINAG GO-Maut 2026: €0.5724/km excl. VAT |
| Hungary | €0.461 | HU-GO J5, 2026: HUF 214.37/km incl. 27% VAT (infrastructure, air/noise, CO₂) |
| Slovakia | €0.268 | Act 418/2024, annex: €0.2677/km excl. VAT |
| Bulgaria | €0.210* | BG TOLL, from 1 Jun 2026: €0.21/km* |
| Poland | €0.128* | e-TOLL, from 1 Feb 2026: PLN 0.56/km* |
| Romania (TollRO) | €0.075 | Order MTI 1925/2025: 0.48 lei/km incl. 21% VAT |
On a motorway, a 40-tonne Euro VI truck pays €0.075 per km without VAT in Romania, about 7.6 times less than in Austria and 6.1 times less than in Hungary. Czechia and Slovenia are left out on purpose: for Czechia we could not read the rate on an official source, and Slovenia publishes tolls per section, not per kilometre. * Bulgaria and Poland: the operator does not state whether the rate includes VAT; the figures are as published.
TollRO status on 1 October
1 October 2026, 06:19 (Romanian time): TollRO is in force. The etoll.ro portal was working and showed no postponement notice, and we found no published act postponing the charge or its fines. Context from the press: CNAIR asked the ministry to postpone it to 1 April 2027 (HotNews, 23 September); hauliers in COTAR asked for fines to be postponed until the electronic system works (Spotmedia, 28 September); a bill in Parliament would suspend fines from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027 (Profit.ro, 29 September); interim transport minister Radu Miruță said he would not sign orders to fine hauliers if the platform does not work (Agerpres, 28 September); the app had outages on 29 September (news.ro, 30 September).
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Romania vignette cost from 1 October 2026?
For a car: 1 day 20–29 lei, 10 days 27–39 lei, 30 days 43–62 lei, 60 days 68–99 lei and 12 months 228–330 lei, from electric to Euro 0–3 (Order MTI 888/2026).
What if my car's Euro class is not known?
The vehicle is charged as Euro 0, the highest tariff (29 lei a day, 330 lei a year for a car). Electric vehicles without a Euro class get the electric tariff through field P.3 of the registration certificate.
Do I still pay the Fetești bridge toll?
No. For cars, the Fetești–Cernavodă and Giurgeni–Vadu Oii tolls are no longer charged from 1 October 2026. The rovinieta is still required.
Is a rovinieta bought before 1 October still valid?
Yes, until it expires. The new tariff applies to rovinietas whose validity starts on 1 October 2026 or later.
Sources
- Order MTI 888/2026 (Monitorul Oficial no. 818, 25 Sep 2026), rovinieta tariffs.
- CNAIR tariff list for September 2026 (erovinieta.ro, read on 30 Sep 2026), old tariffs and the Fetești bridge toll.
- Order MTI 1925/2025, TollRO rates; Law 226/2023.
- CNAIR — TollRo, payment channels.
- Exchange rates: BNR and ECB, 30 Sep 2026.
- Fuel prices: fuel-prices.eu live data (/live/romania/).
- Our permanent guide: Romania vignette (rovinieta).
Editorial article by fuel-prices.eu, published on 1 October 2026. Everything marked “calculation fuel-prices.eu” uses the assumptions stated in the text. Charts may be reused with credit (CC BY 4.0).