Madrid → Barcelona by car: fuel and toll cost
Fuel €84.31 (7 L/100 km, diesel) + Tolls €29.47 · Recalculated 3 h ago.
Fuel cost
Distance × consumption × the kilometre-weighted average of the national prices along the route. One way, no return.
| Consumption | Litres | diesel | petrol |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 L/100 km | 31 L | €60.22 | €56.96 |
| 7 L/100 km | 43 L | €84.31 | €79.74 |
| 9 L/100 km | 55 L | €108.40 | €102.53 |
Average used: €1.955/L for diesel, weighted by the kilometres driven in each country.
Price in each country on the route
| Country | Kilometres | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 616 km | €1.955/L | median of 11,330 station prices, most of them reported 5 h ago |
Tolls and vignettes on this route
Car, category 1. Vignettes are the cheapest short-term option. Motorway sections are charged in proportion to the kilometres you actually drive on them.
| Charge | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| AP-7: Cartagena - Vera 48.6 km of 108 km of the section (€6.40 for the whole section) |
Spain Motorway section | €2.87 |
| Identified charges | €2.87 | |
Estimate including the uncovered kilometres: €29.47
Cheapest fuel on the route
Stations within 2 km of the route whose price was reported in the last 24 hours.
| Station | On the route at | Off route | Price | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plenergy - Zaragoza Plenergy · AVENIDA DE LA DIAGONAL, 12 D Zaragoza Spain |
301 km | 0.6 km | €1.669/L diesel |
5 h ago |
| Plenergy - Vilafranca del Penedès Plenergy · CARRER PLA DEL VIVER, 4 D Vilafranca del Penedès Spain |
560 km | 1.0 km | €1.669/L diesel |
5 h ago |
| Bonarea - Sant Cugat Sesgarrigues Bonarea · CARRETERA N-340 KM. 1215,500 I Sant Cugat Sesgarrigues Spain |
565 km | 1.5 km | €1.671/L diesel |
5 h ago |
384 stations with a fresh price were found along the route; these are the three cheapest.
What you lose by filling up before you leave
Reference car: 55 L tank, 7 L/100 km, leaving a quarter full — that is 134 km of range before you have to stop. Litres are what you would actually buy at that stop to finish the trip, not a full tank.
The route
Drawn from the route geometry, computed once with OSRM (openstreetmap.de) and cached. No map tiles are loaded.
Questions
- How much fuel does Madrid to Barcelona use?
- 616 km at 7 L/100 km is 43 litres one way. At €1.955/L for diesel that is €84.31. At 5 L/100 km it is €60.22, at 9 L/100 km it is €108.40.
- How much are the tolls from Madrid to Barcelona?
- €2.87 of tolls and vignettes are on file for this route: AP-7: Cartagena - Vera €2.87. 216 km of tolled motorway in Spain have no charge on file. At €0.123/km — the median rate of the sections we do have in Spain — that is about €26.60 more.
- Where is fuel cheapest on the way?
- The cheapest fresh price within 2 km of the route is €1.669/L (diesel) at Plenergy Plenergy - Zaragoza, 5 h ago. The table above lists the three cheapest.
How these numbers are made
Distance and driving time come from OSRM on OpenStreetMap data, computed once per route and stored. The page itself makes no network call.
Fuel price is the median of per-station prices in each country crossed, weighted by the kilometres driven there. Where we have no per-station feed, the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin is used instead and labelled as such.
Tolls are the vignettes required in the countries crossed, the tunnels and bridges within 5 km of the route, and the motorway sections matched by road number, charged in proportion to the kilometres driven on them. Where our database has no charge for a stretch of tolled motorway, that is said in the table rather than guessed at silently.
This page exists because visitors asked our route calculator for this drive 3 times since January 2026.