Parking in Leiden 2026: old town, day tickets and P+R
Parking in Leiden is easy to follow: one high rate in the old town, a lower rate around it. Pick zone, day and time and the calculator shows the amount.
Example with typical figures· change any figure to see your own result
Parking cost in Leiden
€8.00
2 h from 10:00 on Tuesday, zone Zone A
- Paid on Tuesday: 09:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h).
| Paid time | 2 h |
| Free time | 0 min |
| Rate on arrival | €4.00 an hour |
| Free parking from | 21:00 |
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.
| Day | Paid hours (hourly rate) |
|---|---|
| Monday | 09:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h) |
| Tuesday | 09:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h) |
| Wednesday | 09:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h) |
| Thursday | 09:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h) |
| Friday | 09:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h) |
| Saturday | 09:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h) |
| Sunday | 13:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h) |
Prepared by Radif Partners · How we calculate
Leiden has 27 paid street zones in the National Parking Register. In the old town, Zone A, an hour costs €4.00; in 15 zones around the centre it is €3.10. Paid hours are shorter than in the big cities: on weekdays and Saturday from 09:00 to 21:00, on Sunday from 13:00 to 21:00. Two hours in the old town cost €8.00, an eight-hour day €32.00. The number of day tickets stands out: 25 zones have one in the register. Driving to Leiden for a whole day, you can also use the park-and-ride Haagweg. The latest published by-law, the 2025 one, sets the costs of a parking penalty assessment at €70.00. A first resident permit costs €61.00 a year or an amount per quarter under the same table, depending on the zone.
Parking in Leiden by zone
Leiden has three hourly rates. The highest applies only in the old town itself, the middle one in the districts around it. The lowest, a few tens of cents an hour, belongs to special bays.
| Hourly rate | Zones | For example |
|---|---|---|
| €4.00 | 2 | Zone A, Zone Bargelaan |
| €3.10 | 15 | ZONE_B1_1, ZONE_B1_2, ZONE_B1_3 |
| €0.20 | 10 | ZN_B1_1_P1 Zwembad De Zijl, ZN_B2_8_P1 Bevrijdingsplein, ZN_B2_8_P2 Rooseveldstraat |
The municipality supplies its zone outlines to the register. With the address search at the top you see in seconds which zone an address is in, outside the centre too.
Paid hours in the old town
Evenings turn free early, and so does Sunday morning. For a night out in Leiden you no longer pay after nine.
| Day | Paid hours (hourly rate) |
|---|---|
| Monday | 09:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h) |
| Tuesday | 09:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h) |
| Wednesday | 09:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h) |
| Thursday | 09:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h) |
| Friday | 09:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h) |
| Saturday | 09:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h) |
| Sunday | 13:00 to 21:00 (€4.00/h) |
Day tickets, P+R, permits and fines
For a long day, a day ticket or park and ride is often cheaper than paying by the hour. First resident permit: €54.00 a quarter or €61.00 a year depending on the zone (2025 by-law, the latest published). A parking penalty carries €70.00 in costs. Source for both: the Leiden parking tax by-law.