Austria's 2026 vignette explained

Digital vs sticker, 1-day prices and the 8 mountain tolls not included.

By: Hertge Last updated: 2026-06-23 Reading time: 6 min

Austria charges motorway tolls via the Pickerl, a vignette that every car and motorcycle under 3.5 tonnes must display to use the A and S autobahnen. For 2026 ASFINAG raised the prices roughly in line with CPI, kept the four duration options (1-day, 10-day, 2-month and annual), and continues to push drivers towards the digital plate-bound vignette rather than the windscreen sticker. This guide covers the new prices, where to buy, common mistakes that trigger the 120 EUR replacement charge, and the eight separate mountain toll routes that need their own payment.

2026 prices (cars under 3.5 tonnes)

Prices below are the ASFINAG list price effective 1 December 2025 through 30 November 2026. Resellers may add 1 to 3 EUR handling fee. Motorcycles pay roughly half. Vehicles over 3.5 tonnes use the GoMaut go-box with per-kilometre billing, not a vignette.

1-day vignette: 9.30 EUR. New since 2024, useful for transit drives Bavaria to Italy through Tirol without staying overnight.
10-day vignette: 11.50 EUR. The classic short-holiday option.
2-month vignette: 28.70 EUR. Worth it if you stay 11 to 60 days.
Annual vignette: 96.40 EUR. Valid from 1 December prior year to 31 January following year (14 months effective if bought in December).

Digital vs sticker: which to buy

The digital vignette is plate-bound and verified by automatic number-plate recognition cameras on the network. Advantages: no sticker, transferable to a new car if you change vehicles mid-year, no risk of "tampering" fines. Disadvantage: the 18-day cooling-off period if bought directly from ASFINAG. The law gives consumers a 14-day right of withdrawal on distance contracts plus 4 days for activation. Workaround: buy from an authorised reseller (ADAC, ANWB, OAMTC, Pannenhilfe stations) for instant activation.

The sticker vignette is instant but must be physically applied to the inside of the windscreen and is voided if removed and reapplied. Cars with heated front windscreens (some BMW, VW, EV models) sometimes get false alarms when ANPR cannot read the plate; for these the sticker is actually safer.

Where to buy

Official: shop.asfinag.at Direct from ASFINAG, no markup. 18-day activation delay.
Border petrol stations: cash or card, instant sticker. Last fuel before Walserberg, Kufstein and Suben covers most German entries.
Auto clubs (ANWB, ADAC, OAMTC): members get a small discount, instant digital activation. Recommended.
Mobile apps: ASFINAG, Shell Recharge, EuroToll, several others. Verify the seller is actually authorised; many lookalike sites add 100% markup.

Additional mountain tolls not covered

The vignette covers the autobahnen and schnellstrassen except for eight specific mountain routes. Each charges its own toll on top, paid at the plaza or by transponder:

Brenner A13 (Innsbruck-Brennero): 10.50 EUR each way for cars 2026.
Tauern A10 Katschberg + Tauerntunnel: 14.00 EUR each way.
Pyhrn A9 Bosrucktunnel + Gleinalmtunnel: 6.50 EUR each tunnel.
Karawanken A11 (to Slovenia): 8.80 EUR each way.
Arlberg S16: 12.50 EUR each way (winter alternative to the free Arlbergpass).
Felbertauernstrasse: 13.00 EUR each way.
Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse: 41.50 EUR (scenic, not a transit route).
Silvretta-Hochalpenstrasse: 20.00 EUR (also scenic).

Fines for non-compliance

The minimum fine for driving without a valid vignette is 120 EUR replacement charge plus the missed toll. ASFINAG inspectors and police can stop drivers in real time via ANPR. If the offence is contested the matter goes to civil court; the typical court fine is 240 to 3000 EUR. Sticker tampering carries the same 120 EUR plus risk of fraud charges if the sticker was forged.

Sources

ASFINAG price list 2026, shop.asfinag.at, OAMTC member guidance, ADAC Austria travel pages, Austrian Ministry of Climate Action and Mobility press releases on the digital vignette uptake. Article reviewed 23 June 2026.