Gotthard Tunnel Costs and Toll Fees

There is no toll for the Gotthard Road Tunnel itself: the tube is part of the A2 national road, and the drive through is covered by the Swiss motorway vignette for CHF 40. Neither portal has a toll booth where you would have to stop.

The vignette runs for 14 months, not 12

The 2026 vignette is valid from 1 December 2025 until 31 January 2027. Day, week and month vignettes do not exist. Anyone crossing Switzerland once a year pays the same as a daily commuter. Motor vehicles and trailers up to 3.5 t gross weight are liable.

In Switzerland you buy the sticker at post offices, petrol stations, garages, TCS branches and cantonal road traffic offices. Arriving from abroad, you normally get it at customs when you cross the border, or beforehand at a petrol station close to the border. The e-vignette has existed since 1 August 2023, costs the same and runs just as long; the official channel is the Via portal run by the Swiss customs authority BAZG, at e-vignette.ch. It is tied to the number plate, not to the vehicle. The sticker, in turn, must not be peeled off and moved to another car.

Caravans and motorhomes

Trailers are liable in their own right as long as they do not fall under the heavy vehicle charge. A car pulling a caravan therefore needs two vignettes and costs CHF 80. The only exemption is trailers behind motorcycles.

Once the rig exceeds a permissible gross weight of 3.5 t, the flat-rate heavy vehicle charge, known in Switzerland as the PSVA, replaces the vignette. For foreign vehicles it costs CHF 3.25 per day over 1 to 30 consecutive days, with a minimum of CHF 25 and a maximum of CHF 58.50. For 1 to 11 consecutive months it is CHF 58.50 per month, and a full year costs CHF 650. It is billed as a flat rate regardless of the distance driven, so a pure transit run over the Gotthard and days parked in Switzerland are liable too. These vehicles need no additional vignette.

CHF 200 also applies to a wrongly stuck vignette

Driving without a valid vignette costs CHF 200, plus the CHF 40 for the vignette you then have to buy. The same amount is due if you attach the sticker incorrectly: it has to adhere directly to the glass of the windscreen. Films, adhesive strips and holders are not allowed, and neither is the tinted band along the top edge. Checks are carried out at the border by the BAZG and inside the country by the police and customs offices.

What other Alpine routes cost

The tariffs below are as of August 2026 and without guarantee. The operators adjust their prices regularly, so check the current rate before you set off.

A single crossing of the Mont Blanc Tunnel therefore costs more than 14 months on the whole Swiss motorway network. One exception is worth knowing when you plan the route: the Great St Bernard Tunnel charges a fee despite the vignette.

The other costs of the crossing

The item you notice besides the vignette is fuel. As of August 2026, unleaded 95 costs around CHF 1.92 per litre in Switzerland, around CHF 1.80 in Italy and around CHF 2.07 in Germany. Diesel is unusually expensive in Switzerland by European standards at around CHF 2.11. If Italy lies on your route, petrol is cheaper there; with diesel, a full tank in Switzerland is the least sensible option.

You can cross Switzerland with no vignette at all if you avoid the motorway. The Gotthard pass road is not a national road and is therefore exempt.

For a car, the crossing stays at CHF 40 plus fuel. How long you will wait at the portals is shown live for Göschenen and Airolo. Whether the pass is worth it is settled in the comparison of pass road and tunnel.