Slovenia vignette 2026: prices & rules

Use the e-vinjeta for vehicles up to 3.5 t on DARS motorways and expressways. Use DarsGo tolling for vehicles over 3.5 t. If you drive a van, camper or high-roof vehicle, check the 2A/2B class before payment because the wrong class can be treated like no valid vignette.

This point matters because a class mistake can be treated as if you had no valid vignette at all.

For campers in Slovenia, the maximum technically permissible mass (field F.1 on the registration) decides first — not the body type:

The converted-van trap: 2A or 2B?

DARS places vehicles homologated as motorhomes in class 2A whatever their height above the front axle. The height rule catches the vehicles without that homologation:

A wrongly chosen class is treated like a missing vignette.

Caravan and trailer: no separate vignette

If a vehicle up to 3.5 t tows a caravan or trailer, the towing vehicle's vignette is enough in Slovenia. The trailer itself needs no separate Slovenian vignette — unlike in some other countries.

Temporary extension rule: annual e-vignettes in classes 1, 2A and 2B that were still valid on 1 December 2025 were extended automatically by four months, at no extra cost. This is a one-off measure for eligible existing vignettes, not a general 16-month validity period for every annual product. Check the revised expiry date in the official DARS system.

Slovenia uses ANPR cameras and roadside enforcement. If the system does not find a valid e-vinjeta for your plate and class, the financial risk is immediate.

There is no Austrian-style substitute toll or short grace period after detection.

None once you are on the road. What Slovenia does instead is unusual, and worth understanding before you assume a missed vignette is a simple fine.

When DARS establishes that a vehicle used a toll road without a valid e-vignette, the toll payer is issued an e-vignette dated the day of the offence. If several offences were recorded, DARS issues whichever combination of e-vignettes covers them — choosing the most cost-efficient one for the customer — and sends an invoice together with an order prohibiting use of the toll road until every issued invoice is settled. You therefore end up paying the fine and buying the vignette you skipped, with the road formally closed to you in between.

The amounts follow the Road Tolling Act (ZCestn-1):

Before validity starts, the picture is friendlier. If you bought an e-vignette with a start date later than the purchase date, you can withdraw from the purchase at any time before it becomes valid and get the full amount back; DARS refunds within 14 days of approving the request. From the moment the e-vignette becomes valid, withdrawal is no longer possible — only the proportional residual-value refund in the cases DARS provides for. For a vignette obtained from an authorised seller, request withdrawal at that seller; its refund terms apply.

One privacy detail is worth noting as reassurance rather than warning: when the check finds a valid e-vignette, the record is erased immediately and no trace of the journey is kept. Only non-compliant records are stored, and only until the minor-offence proceedings end.

Roads requiring the e-vinjeta

The Slovenian e-vinjeta applies to all motorways (avtoceste, A-prefix) and expressways (hitre ceste, H-prefix) operated by DARS. The network covers all main transit corridors: A1 (Šentilj–Koper, the main north–south spine), A2 (Karavanke tunnel–Ljubljana–Obrežje), A3, A4, A5 and associated H-prefix expressways connecting the main cities.

2026 change: From 1 January 2026, the coastal expressway sections H5 and H6 no longer require an e-vinjeta. This covers the route from the Škofije border crossing (with Italy) via the Srmin interchange to Koper, and from Koper through Žusterna to Jagodje near Izola. These roads were reclassified as main roads and are now free.

The former H5 and H6 are now G1-11 and G2-111. This exemption for vehicles up to 3.5 t maximum technically permissible mass is temporary until the Koper–Dragonja expressway is completed; it does not remove DarsGo tolling for goods vehicles over 3.5 t.

One border-area exception: the A2 section near the Karawanken tunnel from the Hrušica junction to the Austrian border does not require a separate e-vinjeta — the toll for that section is collected together with the Karawanken tunnel ticket (ASFINAG charges southbound, DARS charges northbound).

Free roads — no e-vinjeta needed

All regional main roads (G-prefix), regional roads (R-prefix), local roads and urban streets are completely free. The coastal expressway H5 and H6 are also free from January 2026. If your entire route stays on G and R roads, you do not need an e-vinjeta — but most fast cross-country routes in Slovenia use at least one DARS motorway or expressway section.

The former H2 expressway between Pesnica and Tezno in Maribor is also outside the vignette system after reclassification as a regional road.

Driving through more than one country on this trip? The Europe vignette route planner works out, country by country, which vignettes your whole route needs. For the classic corridor, see also Germany to Croatia via Austria, Slovenia and Hungary.