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Road trip planner: Portugal
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Driving rules: Portugal
The general rules for cars, from the tables we keep with their official sources. Road signs always take precedence.
- Speed limits
- Built-up areas: 50 km/h
- Outside built-up areas: 90 km/h
- Expressways: 100 km/h
- Motorways: 120 km/h
- Motorways have a minimum speed of 50 km/h, and coexistence zones are 20 km/h. A 0.2 g/l limit also applies to drivers of emergency vehicles, children's transport, taxis, ride-hailing (TVDE), heavy vehicles and dangerous goods.
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- Alcohol limit
- 0.5 g/l · Novice drivers: 0.2 g/l
- Novice drivers: Drivers in the probationary regime: the first 3 years of a first driving licence.
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- Winter tyres
- No requirement
- Portugal has no winter-tyre requirement for cars.
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- Motorway vignette
- No vignette for cars.
- Tolls for motorways, bridges and tunnels on your own trip: the calculator →
- Fuel price
- €1.922 petrol 95 · €2.135 diesel, per litre
- Price of November 9, 2026
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These are the general limits: road signs always take precedence, and laws change. Before you travel, check the source linked in the row for your country.