Parking in the Netherlands in 2026: what does it cost in your zone?

What does parking in the Netherlands cost in your street? Pick your city and zone, the day, your arrival time and how long you stay: the amount appears next to the questions.

Independent site: not a municipality and not a parking app

The name is on the parking meter and in your parking app. Not sure? Look up your address above.

In hours: 1.5 is an hour and a half.

Example with typical figures· change any figure to see your own result

Parking cost in Amsterdam

€16.10

2 h from 10:00 on Tuesday, zone Tariefzone 1 ma-za 09-24 zo 12-24 (T11A)

  • Paid on Tuesday: 09:00 to 24:00 (€8.05/h).
Paid time2 h
Free time0 min
Rate on arrival€8.05 an hour
Free parking fromWednesday 00:00
Day ticket or flat fare (Avondkaart 1924 tarief1)€32.20

Rates and hours from the National Parking Register (RDW), read on 12 November 2026. Parking app fees not included. The meter or app on the spot decides.

How this is calculated
Paid parking in Tariefzone 1 ma-za 09-24 zo 12-24 (T11A), by day
DayPaid hours (hourly rate)
Monday09:00 to 24:00 (€8.05/h)
Tuesday09:00 to 24:00 (€8.05/h)
Wednesday09:00 to 24:00 (€8.05/h)
Thursday09:00 to 24:00 (€8.05/h)
Friday09:00 to 24:00 (€8.05/h)
Saturday09:00 to 24:00 (€8.05/h)
Sunday12:00 to 24:00 (€8.05/h)

We ask for no name, number plate or email: the calculation runs in your browser and nothing is sent. An address you type goes only to the Dutch Cadastre address search (PDOK) to fetch its coordinates.

Parking in the Netherlands is priced by each municipality, zone by zone, and the paid hours change with the day of the week. Every paid zone is listed in the National Parking Register (NPR), run by the RDW, the Dutch vehicle authority. This site calculates with that register as read on 12 November 2026: 24 cities and 831 street zones. The most expensive hour costs €8.05 in central Amsterdam and €8.01 in Utrecht's old town; Rotterdam tops out at €7.20. Two hours on a Tuesday morning in Amsterdam's dearest zone therefore come to €16.10, while the top hourly rate in Amstelveen is only €2.00. Outside the paid hours, parking is free, often in the evening and on Sunday mornings. Drivers who do not pay, or pay too little, receive a parking penalty assessment (naheffingsaanslag), whose costs are capped by law at €82.00 in 2026.

Parking in the Netherlands: three questions that set the amount

  1. 1. Which zone is the car in?

    Each municipality divides the city into zones with their own rate. The zone number is on the meter and in the parking app.

  2. 2. Is it within the paid hours?

    Outside the paid hours parking is free. Those hours differ by day: Sunday often starts later.

  3. 3. Is a day ticket cheaper?

    For a long stay, a day ticket or a park-and-ride site on the edge of town is sometimes cheaper.

Hourly rate by city

Lowest and highest street hourly rate in the register. Click a city for its zones and hours.

Cities and topics

Randstad cities (7)

Other cities (9)

Permits, penalties, free parking (5)

How the calculator works and where the figures come from · Who publishes this site

Common questions

Tap a question to see the answer.

Is this site run by a municipality or a parking app?

No. Parkeertabel is an independent site published by Radif Partners. We sell no parking rights and have no deals with parking apps or garages. We read the public National Parking Register kept by the RDW and calculate with it. You pay at the meter or in an app, and what they show is what applies.

How current are the rates on this site?

The register was read on 12 November 2026. Municipalities usually change their rates on 1 January and sometimes mid-year. We refresh the data by hand; no automatic update runs. If the amount differs from what the meter says, the meter wins. Please report the difference through the contact page so we can check it.

Why does my parking app show a slightly different amount?

Parking apps charge by the minute and often add a transaction fee or a subscription. Those fees are not in the register and are not included here. Some municipalities also round up to blocks of a few minutes. The gap is usually a few tens of cents per parking session.

What happens if I forget to pay?

You receive a parking penalty assessment, called a naheffingsaanslag. It is made up of the parking tax you did not pay plus costs. By law the costs cannot exceed €82.00 in 2026, and each municipality sets its own amount in its by-law. The parking penalty page lists the amount for each city.

How do I find my zone if I do not know its name?

Type the address into the address search above the calculator. The site looks up the coordinates with PDOK, the address service of the Dutch Cadastre, and checks on the register map which zone contains that point. Not every municipality supplies a map; where it does not, you pick the zone from the list.

Is anything I type sent anywhere?

No. The rates are inside the page itself and the calculation runs in your browser. There is no account and no form. Only an address typed into the address search goes to the PDOK address service to fetch its coordinates. A shared link holds nothing but the chosen city, zone and times.

When is parking free?

Outside the paid hours of your zone. Many cities charge until late in the evening, but on Sunday only from the afternoon, or not at all. The table under the amount shows the hours for each day of the week. Watch the signs on the spot: permit-holder bays and blue zones are not in the register.

Sources for this page

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