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When Can You Drive It? A 12-Month Calendar for Europe's Roads
Pick the wrong month and a road trip costs you a fine or a closed pass. Austria wants winter tyres from 1 November, the Stelvio is usually shut until late May, and the Amalfi Coast checks your plate's last digit on every day of August.
The bars show the rule or the usual season; a faded end means the source gives it in words, not as a date. Tap a month to see what applies then.
Winter tyres and chains
The legal windows. Austria's and Slovenia's also apply on any wintry day outside them; Germany has no window at all.
Mountain roads: when they are usually open
The operators' own description of the season; snow decides the real dates. 2027 dates are not published yet.
Plate rules, booking windows and race days
These run on a published calendar. The 2026 dates are shown; 2027 dates are not published yet unless the label says 2027.
Plan the rest of the trip in the trip planner, where every date can go into your calendar in one file.