How fast may a motorhome drive in Germany?

Up to 3.5 t: Built-up areas 50 km/h, Outside built-up areas 100 km/h, Motorway no limit. Over 3.5 t: Built-up areas 50 km/h, Outside built-up areas 80 km/h, Motorway 100 km/h. The signs have the final say.

Driving a motorhome in Germany

What applies to motorhomes in Germany, up to and over 3.5 tonnes. The planner shows you the same fact sheet at every border on the way to Germany, together with the low emission zones your route touches.

Created with AI (disclosure under Art. 50 EU AI Act). Carefully researched, but without guarantee: rules change. What counts are the signs on the road and the linked sources.

Speed limits

Speed limits	Up to 3.5 t	Over 3.5 t
Built-up areas	50 km/h	50 km/h
Outside built-up areas	100 km/h	80 km/h
Motorway	no limit	100 km/h

Recommended speed 130 km/h

Over 3.5 t: 100 km/h on motorways only if registered as a motorhome (up to 7.5 t). Visibility under 50 m or snow chains: max 50.

Lights during the day

No daytime lights required.

If fog, snow or rain seriously reduce visibility, use dipped headlights during the day as well.

Alcohol

0.5 per mille
Novice drivers 0 per mille

Drivers on probation or under 21 must not drink at all. From 0.3 per mille with signs of impairment it is a criminal offence.

Required on board

Warning triangle
Other equipment, over 3.5 t only
Over 3.5 t you also need a portable warning lamp with amber flashing light, stored separately from the triangle.
First aid kit
First aid kit according to DIN 13164.
Other equipment, over 3.5 t only
Above 4 t gross vehicle weight you must carry at least one wheel chock.
Other equipment
If a load, e.g. on a rear rack, sticks out more than 1 m beyond the rear reflectors: light red flag or sign, at least 30 x 30 cm.

Winter

Winter tyres in wintry conditions

On black ice, snow, slush or frost only drive with winter tyres (Alpine symbol) on all wheels.

Low emission zones

Environmental badge (Umweltplakette)

You need the green sticker on the windscreen before entering a low emission zone. Registration offices and emission test centres issue it.

Germany still has 35 low emission zones. Driving without a sticker costs 100 euros.

Official website

The planner knows 32 low emission zones in Germany:

Umweltzone
Umweltzone Aachen
Umweltzone Berlin
Umweltzone Bochum
Umweltzone Bonn
Umweltzone Bottrop
Umweltzone Bremen
Umweltzone Düsseldorf
Umweltzone Eschweiler
Umweltzone Frankfurt am Main
Umweltzone Hagen
Umweltzone Köln
Umweltzone Krefeld
Umweltzone Leipzig
Umweltzone Limburg an der Lahn
Umweltzone Ludwigsburg und Umgebung
Umweltzone Magdeburg
Umweltzone Mainz
Umweltzone Mönchengladbach
Umweltzone München
Umweltzone Münster
Umweltzone Neuss
Umweltzone Offenbach
Umweltzone Osnabrück
Umweltzone Overath
Umweltzone Pforzheim
Umweltzone Regensburg
Umweltzone Remscheid
Umweltzone Ruhrgebiet
Umweltzone Siegen
Umweltzone Stuttgart
Umweltzone Wiesbaden

These are their names in the open data. The list is not complete: what is missing there is missing here too. If one of them is on your route, the planner shows it on the map and adds what to sort out beforehand to your checklist.

Good to know

When traffic on motorways or multi-lane rural roads slows to walking pace, form an emergency corridor right of the far left lane.
Signs 277 (no overtaking) and 253 (ban) for vehicles over 3.5 t also apply to motorhomes over 3.5 t; only cars and buses are exempt.

Sources

As of 23 September 2026

Frequently asked questions

How fast may a motorhome drive in Germany?: Up to 3.5 t: Built-up areas 50 km/h, Outside built-up areas 100 km/h, Motorway no limit. Over 3.5 t: Built-up areas 50 km/h, Outside built-up areas 80 km/h, Motorway 100 km/h. The signs have the final say.
Does a motorhome need a sticker or registration for low emission zones in Germany?: Environmental badge (Umweltplakette). You need the green sticker on the windscreen before entering a low emission zone. Registration offices and emission test centres issue it.

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