From December 1, sea green will be “taken”. A new annual vignette for Austria
Motorways will cost more than 100 euros for the first time in 2025.
VIENNA – Anyone traveling abroad by car usually has to pay to use the roads. For drivers in Austria, using the motorway and expressways will be more expensive next year. The new vignette, valid from December 1, 2024 and featuring a new sea green color, will cost more than 100 euros for the first time. However, there are 2-month and 10-day “pickers”. A new 1-day vignette was also introduced last year.
| Austrian Infrastructure Agency: | Motorway and Expressway Financing Corporation (ASFINAG) |
| Installation: | 1982 |
| Seat: | Ween |
| Owner: | Republic of Austria |
| Gross Income: | 3.24 billion euros (2023) |
| Vignettes Sold: | 28 million (2023) |
Motorway vignette in Austria: price increase and color change from 2025
The annual vignette, which will glow sea green in the future, will replace sunny yellow by 2024 and will be valid for 14 months – December 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026. The color choice is a coincidence, says Claudia Eder, executive director of the highway company ASFINAG: “Difference from the previous year and signal effect are the main reasons for the respective color choice – that’s why we ensure a clear contrast in sea green from the previous year’s color solar yellow.”
How much will Vignette cost in Austria 2025? “Pickerl” for motorways costs more than 100 euros for the first time
“Pickerl” price has now increased by 7.7 percent after remaining stable for the past three years. This corresponds to an adjustment for the previous year’s inflation rate, known as the “Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices” (HICP), which is required by law. As a result, the price of an annual car vignette rises to an impressive 103.80 euros. The prices of two months, ten days and since last year, one day “pickerl” have been hiked accordingly.
| 103,80 € | 31,10 € | 12,40 € | 9,30 € |
| 41,50 € | 12,40 € | 4,90 € | 3,70 € |
| 103,80 € | 31,10 € | 12,40 € | 9,30 € |
| 103,80 € | 31,10 € | 12,40 € | 9,30 € |
Sea green “pickerl” for 2025: where can I buy a vignette for Austria?
Ahead of the validity period, the new vignettes will be available at around 6,000 outlets domestically and abroad from end-November 2024. There are two options for purchasing with “Click or Peck”: First, this The classic badge stuck in the glass and the digital version are conveniently purchased online and registered to the license plate. Attention: 1-day and 10-day vignettes are valid immediately when purchased online, 2-month and annual vignettes are valid only after 18 days.
Seegrün will be “selected” from December 1: Vignette in Austria will not cover all routes
As usual, the vignette covers the Austrian highway and expressway network for vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes. In addition, special fares apply on certain routes such as pass roads or tunnels, including the Brenner and Tauern motorways. There are several special ways to pay special fees:
- A9 Pyhrnautobahn exit Bosrucktunnel
- A9 Pyrn motorway exit Gleinalmtunnel
- A10 Tauernautobahn exit Tauern-Katschberg-Tunnel
- A11 Karavankenatoban Karavankentunnel exit
- A13 Brenner Pass – Brenner motorway to the Italian border
- The S16 Arlbergautobahn exits the Arlbergtunnel
Austria: It is very expensive with or without a misused vignette
By the way, just putting the vignette on the car is not enough: it must be stuck on the windshield in the designated places. The new list of fines will punish such offenses more severely: if no valid vignette is found during an inspection, drivers will have to pay 120 euros on site. This also applies to automated vignette tests.
However, you can save money when traveling in Austria with a few tricks. For example, some roads are passable without vignettes.
From December 2019, these motorway sections are exempted from the vignette requirement:
- A1 West Autobahn toll lane between the state border at the junction of Walserberg and Salzburg Nord
- A12 Intel Autobahn toll road between the state border near Kufstein and the Kufstein-Süd junction
- A14 Rheintal/Walgau Autobahn toll road between the state border Hörbranz and the Hohenems junction
- A26 Linzer Autobahn toll road
According to ADAC, a vignette is required not only in Austria, but also in Switzerland and Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. However, in Italy, France and Spain, there is a track-related figure.
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