Romania vignette 2026 (rovinieta)

Romania has a fully electronic vignette (rovinieta) — nothing to stick on the windscreen; it is digital and linked to your plate. As you enter a Romanian national road or motorway with a foreign plate, ANPR cameras immediately check whether you have one.

Where does it apply? This is Romania’s peculiarity: the vignette is required not only on motorways (A), but also on expressways (DX) and all national roads (DN). Only county, communal and urban stretches are free. In practice you need it as soon as you leave a city.

Who does it apply to? The category is set by purpose (people or goods), not weight: category A — passenger car (carrying people, up to 9 seats), category B — goods vehicle, both up to 3.5 t. Vehicles over 3.5 t (lorries, coaches) are not offered here. Motorcycles are fully exempt.

What do you do? Choose a category and period, enter your plate, pay. The 2026 pricing offers 5 periods — from 1 day, through 10, 30, 60 days, to a year. Romania is one of the cheapest vignettes in Europe.

The vignette applies across the entire CNAIR-managed network: motorways (A), expressways (DX) and national roads (DN, including European E-routes) — outside built-up areas. Because Romania has a relatively short motorway network, you will drive most of the route on national roads — and these require a vignette too.

• A1 — Nadlac (Hungarian border) → Arad → Sibiu → Pitesti → Bucharest: The main west–east axis and the usual entry from Poland (via Hungary). The Sibiu–Pitesti mountain section is partly under construction — detour via DN1.
• A2 — Bucharest → Constanta (“Sun Motorway”): The route to the Black Sea. Note: the Fetesti–Cernavoda bridge carries a SEPARATE toll (peaj), outside the vignette.
• A3 — Bucharest → Ploiesti and the Cluj–Turda–Targu Mures sections: The Transylvania Motorway, gradually being extended toward Brasov.
• A0 — Bucharest ring road: The ring around the capital, opening section by section.
• A10 — Sebes → Turda: Links the A1 with the A3 in Transylvania.
• DN1 — Bucharest → Ploiesti → Brasov → Sibiu: The most important national road (E60 route), over the Carpathian passes. A vignette is required despite it not being a motorway.
• DN7C — the Transfagarasan: The famous mountain national road. It is a DN — the vignette applies.
• Other national roads (DN) and expressways (DX): Practically every intercity route outside built-up areas requires a vignette.

Prices apply throughout 2026 and refer to category A (a vehicle up to 3.5 t — car, SUV). The amount is shown in EUR.

* The price applies to vehicles up to 3.5 t: category A (passenger) and B (goods). Vehicles over 3.5 t are not offered here. Motorcycles are exempt. Verify the official rates at roviniete.ro.

The most popular destinations and transit hubs. You reach each by national roads or motorway — the vignette is mandatory outside the city.

From Poland to Romania you drive through Slovakia and Hungary. The most common crossings from Hungary into Romania are Bors (near Oradea) and Nadlac (on the A1). Buy the Romanian vignette before entering — it applies from the first national road.

Most of Romania’s popular sights lie on national roads or motorways covered by the vignette. Without a rovinieta you cannot sensibly use the main routes.

What to expect

• Card payments are common — in cities and along main routes cards work everywhere; carry some cash (lei) in smaller towns.
• Currency: the Romanian leu (RON) — the euro is not in circulation; you pay in lei at stations, roughly €1 ≈ 5 lei.
• Short motorway network — expect long stretches on national roads (90 km/h) and slower driving in the Carpathians.
• Mountain roads — the Transfagarasan and Transalpina are seasonal (closed in winter); check conditions before you go.
• Bridges and crossings — Fetesti–Cernavoda (A2) and Giurgiu–Ruse (to Bulgaria) carry separate tolls outside the vignette.
• One of the cheapest vignettes in Europe — a week of driving across the whole network costs a few euros.

In Romania the category is set by purpose (people or goods), not weight. A passenger car is category A; a goods vehicle is category B — both up to 3.5 t. Vehicles over 3.5 t (lorries, coaches) are not offered here. Motorcycles are fully exempt.

Vignette required:

• Category A — vehicle up to 3.5 t GVW (cars, SUVs, vans and campers up to 3.5 t)
• Category B — goods vehicle up to 3.5 t GVW (van) — carrying goods
• Vehicles with foreign plates — on the same terms and at the same price as Romanian ones

Exempt:

• Motorcycles — fully exempt, may travel without a vignette
• County (DJ), communal and city roads — no vignette required
• Priority and service vehicles (ambulance, police, fire) — as per regulations
• A trailer up to 3.5 t GVW — no separate vignette (over 3.5 t needs its own, category C)

Trailer and caravan

A light trailer or caravan up to 3.5 t GVW does not need a separate vignette — you pay only for the towing vehicle (category A). If the trailer exceeds 3.5 t GVW, it needs its own higher-category vignette. The towing vehicle’s category is set by its mass.

How to buy the vignette with us

In Romania enforcement is electronic — more than 70 fixed ANPR cameras on motorways and national roads scan plates 24/7 (the SER system managed by CNAIR). Driving without a valid vignette is an offence; a contravention notice (proces-verbal) is mailed to the owner, sometimes weeks later:

• Automatic enforcement — over 70 ANPR cameras on national roads and motorways scan plates in real time.
• Notice by post — the proces-verbal is sent to the vehicle owner’s address, often weeks after the drive.
• Reduction for prompt payment — paying within 15 days of delivery = half the minimum (250 RON).
• Paying the fine ≠ a vignette — the fine does not remove the obligation to buy a valid vignette.
• Notices reach abroad — Romania pursues unpaid fines in other EU countries too.

Romanian motorways are in good condition, but the network is short — much of the route runs on national roads through the Carpathians. The rules are strict. The most important:

Key differences from home

• Alcohol 0.0‰ — Romania has an absolute ban; above 0.8 g/l it becomes a criminal offence. Checks are frequent.
• Dipped headlights — compulsory around the clock outside built-up areas (and in poor weather in town too).
• Speed: motorway (A) 130 km/h, expressway (DX) 120, national road (DN) 90 (100 on E-routes), built-up area 50. Newly licensed drivers (1st year) drive 20 km/h slower outside towns.
• Vignette on national roads — the key difference: in Romania the rovinieta applies on DN roads too, not just motorways.
• Child seats — children under 150 cm in an appropriate seat.
• Mandatory equipment — two warning triangles, a fire extinguisher, a first-aid kit, a reflective vest.
• Seasonal mountain roads — the Transfagarasan and Transalpina close in winter; winter tyres are required in winter conditions.

Emergency numbers

• 112 — the universal emergency number (ambulance, fire, police)
• 9271 — ACR roadside assistance (the Romanian automobile club)
• 116 116 — to block payment cards
• Your embassy in Bucharest — consular help for citizens

Buy your Romania vignette now

No fine, no queues at the border. Order online, activation usually within 10-15 minutes after the payment is processed.