How much does it cost to drive from Madrid to Salamanca?
225 km and about 2 h 49 min of driving. With a typical petrol car, about 28 € with fuel at today's price: 7,09 € per person if four of you go.
What it costs, one way
Estimated distance (straight line × 1.25): we couldn't query the routing service when this page was built. The calculator below tries again.
Petrol
28 €
16 l at 1,802 €/l (7 l/100 km)
Diesel
27 €
14 l at 1,929 €/l (6,3 l/100 km)
Tolls
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no data
Per person (4)
7,09 €
on petrol, not counting tolls
Average fuel price in the provinces between the two cities, as of 15/10/2026.
Work it out for your car
From where to where?
The car
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Questions
Frequently asked questions
How many km is it from Madrid to Salamanca by car?+
About 225 km: it's an estimate (straight line × 1.25), because we couldn't query the routing service when this page was built.
How much petrol does it cost to drive from Madrid to Salamanca?+
With a petrol car using 7 l/100 km, about 16 litres: 28 € at today's average price along the route (1,802 €/l). With a diesel using 6,3 l/100 km, 27 €.
Are there tolls from Madrid to Salamanca?+
We can't tell without the road route: work it out above.
How much is each person's share if four of us go?+
In a petrol car, 7,09 € each, not counting tolls. Return trip, double that.
How we calculate it
- Route, distance and time
openrouteservice (HeiGIT), with OpenStreetMap data. If the service doesn't respond, straight line × 1,25, and we say so.
- Fuel price and petrol stations
Petrol station geoportal of the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition: each station's price and each province's average, as of 15/10/2026.
- Tolls
2026 car tariffs from each concession company and the Ministry of Transport (source on each section of the table). Checked on 16/10/2026.
- Consumption and CO₂
Type-approval consumption and CO₂ from the European car register (EEA) plus each engine's real-world gap. CO₂ per litre: 2,26 kg for petrol, 2,62 kg for diesel and 1,74 kg for LPG.