Parking in Rotterdam 2026: rate and hours by zone
Parking in Rotterdam gets cheaper the further you are from the Coolsingel. Pick your zone, the day and the time: the calculator shows the amount and when parking turns free.
Example with typical figures· change any figure to see your own result
Parking cost in Rotterdam
€14.40
2 h from 10:00 on Tuesday, zone Zone 10
- Paid on Tuesday: 09:00 to 23:00 (€7.20/h).
| Paid time | 2 h |
| Free time | 0 min |
| Rate on arrival | €7.20 an hour |
| Free parking from | 23:00 |
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 23:00 (€7.20/h) |
| Tuesday | 09:00 to 23:00 (€7.20/h) |
| Wednesday | 09:00 to 23:00 (€7.20/h) |
| Thursday | 09:00 to 23:00 (€7.20/h) |
| Friday | 09:00 to 24:00 (€7.20/h) |
| Saturday | 00:00 to 01:00 (€7.20/h), 09:00 to 24:00 (€7.20/h) |
| Sunday | 00:00 to 01:00 (€7.20/h), 12:00 to 23:00 (€7.20/h) |
Prepared by Radif Partners · How we calculate
Rotterdam has 124 paid street zones in the National Parking Register, spread over 5 hourly rates. The centre, with Zone 10 as the dearest zone, costs €7.20 an hour. Most zones, 50 in all, charge €3.00 an hour. In the centre you pay on Tuesday from 09:00 to 23:00; on Friday and Saturday it runs until 1 am, and on Sunday it starts at 12:00. Two hours in the centre on a weekday morning cost €14.40. Free Sundays are rare: only 5 zones have one. For a whole day, say for work or a visit to the Markthal or the Kuip stadium, one of the 4 park-and-ride sites by the metro is cheaper. A parking penalty costs €82.00 under the by-law, plus one hour of the local rate.
Parking in Rotterdam: rate by zone
In the register the zones are simply called Zone followed by a number. That number is also on the parking meter. The table groups them by hourly rate.
| Hourly rate | Zones | For example |
|---|---|---|
| €7.20 | 17 | Zone 10, Zone 11, Zone 12 |
| €5.00 | 25 | Zone 320, Zone 330, Zone 350 |
| €3.00 | 50 | Zone 200, Zone 201, Zone 202 |
| €2.70 | 12 | Zone 321, Zone 322, Zone 331 |
| €1.70 | 20 | Zone 204, Zone 232, Zone 251 |
Rotterdam supplies its zone outlines to the register, so the address search at the top usually finds your zone. Type street, house number and town, and the calculator jumps to the right zone. If your car is right on the border of two zones, check the meter: the number on it applies.
Paid hours in the centre
Friday and Saturday are the long days. On Sunday the morning is free. Zones further from the centre may have shorter hours; pick the zone in the calculator for the right table.
| Day | Paid hours (hourly rate) |
|---|---|
| Monday | 09:00 to 23:00 (€7.20/h) |
| Tuesday | 09:00 to 23:00 (€7.20/h) |
| Wednesday | 09:00 to 23:00 (€7.20/h) |
| Thursday | 09:00 to 23:00 (€7.20/h) |
| Friday | 09:00 to 24:00 (€7.20/h) |
| Saturday | 00:00 to 01:00 (€7.20/h), 09:00 to 24:00 (€7.20/h) |
| Sunday | 00:00 to 01:00 (€7.20/h), 12:00 to 23:00 (€7.20/h) |
Permits and fines
First resident permit at metered spaces: €114.00 a year (€9.50 a month); each further permit €308.40. On bays reserved for permit holders the first permit costs more. Source: the 2026 parking regulation and tax by-law. What a permit costs in other cities is on the permit page; fines by city under parking penalty.