Parking in Madrid

Coming by car? Driving into the centre of Madrid is slow and parking is expensive. Here is where to park near the sights, the cheaper Park & Ride option, and what you need to know about the Low Emission Zone.

Checked: 20 October 2026. Prices and hours can change; check the official site before you go.

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🚫 Low Emission Zone (LEZ)

Madrid has two special-protection low-emission zones, Distrito Centro (the old Madrid Central, around Sol, Plaza Mayor and Gran Vía) and Plaza Elíptica, plus the wider city-wide Madrid ZBE. Access depends on the car's DGT environmental label (B, C, ECO or 0 can enter; unlabelled cars cannot), and cameras read number plates. Foreign cars are covered too.

Plaza Elíptica: cars with a B, C, ECO or 0 label can enter and park without any procedure; cars without a label cannot.
Distrito Centro: cars with a B or C label may drive in only to park in a public or private car park inside the zone; ECO and 0 cars can enter freely. Cars without a label cannot enter.
Spanish-plated cars get their label from the DGT (check it on sede.dgt.gob.es). The wider Madrid ZBE and the two special zones are checked by cameras.

Foreign cars: A foreign-plated car has no DGT label, so it must be matched to a Spanish class: send the vehicle's technical data sheet and registration certificate (and proof of ownership) in advance to autoextranjerocentro@madrid.es, or book an appointment at Calle Bustamante 16. Register the plate in the ZBEDEP permit system; the permit is valid for both special zones and for the city-wide Madrid ZBE.

Fine: €200 for entering a special-protection zone without authorisation.

Official LEZ website ↗

Car parks near the sights

Plaza Mayor · EMT Madrid

📍 Near: Plaza Mayor, Mercado de San Miguel, Puerta del Sol
🕗 Open: 24/7
💶 Per hour: €2.90
Per day: €39.35
↕️ Max height: 1.85 m · 🔌 EV charging: –
📍 Plaza Mayor s/n, 28012 Madrid
Map Website

Plaza de España · EMT Madrid

📍 Near: Plaza de España, Gran Vía, Temple of Debod
🕗 Open: 24/7
💶 Per hour: €2.90
Per day: €39.35
↕️ Max height: 1.90 m · 🔌 EV charging: –
📍 Plaza de España s/n, 28008 Madrid
Map Website

Recoletos · EMT Madrid

📍 Near: Plaza de Cibeles, Prado Museum, Retiro Park
🕗 Open: 24/7
💶 Per hour: €2.90
Per day: €39.35
↕️ Max height: 1.85 m · 🔌 EV charging: –
📍 Paseo de Recoletos 4, 28001 Madrid
Map Website

Marqués de Salamanca · EMT Madrid

📍 Near: Salamanca district, Calle Serrano, Retiro Park
🕗 Open: 24/7
💶 Per hour: €2.90
Per day: €39.35
↕️ Max height: 1.85 m · 🔌 EV charging: –
📍 Plaza del Marqués de Salamanca s/n, 28006 Madrid
Map Website

Fuencarral · EMT Madrid

📍 Near: Malasaña, Plaza del Dos de Mayo
🕗 Open: 24/7
💶 Per hour: €2.90
Per day: €39.35
↕️ Max height: 1.90 m · 🔌 EV charging: –
📍 Calle de Fuencarral 121, 28010 Madrid
Map Website

Orense (Bernabéu) · EMT Madrid

📍 Near: Santiago Bernabéu stadium
🕗 Open: 24/7
💶 Per hour: €2.90
Per day: €39.35
↕️ Max height: 2.10 m · 🔌 EV charging: –
📍 Avenida del General Perón 27, 28020 Madrid
Map Website

Park & Ride: park outside, metro in

P+R means Park and Ride: a car park on the edge of the city, next to a metro, tram or bus stop. You leave the car there and ride into the centre.

P+R Avenida de Portugal
- 🚇 432 spaces, open 24/7, on the A-5 side (Casa de Campo exit of the Calle 30); Metro Puerta del Ángel and Alto Extremadura (line 6), Príncipe Pío nearby (lines 6, 10, R)
- 💶 Free with public transport (5–16 hours); otherwise the normal rate, at most €20 per 24 hours
- Map Website
P+R Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo
- 🚇 819 spaces, open 24/7, for drivers coming in on the A-1 (Burgos) and the north of the Calle 30; Metro Chamartín (lines 1, 10) and Bambú (line 1), Cercanías Chamartín
- 💶 Free with public transport (5–16 hours); otherwise the normal rotation rate
- Map Website
P+R Estadio Metropolitano (Aviación Española)
- 🚇 About 2,700 open-air spaces, open 24/7, for drivers coming in on the A-2 and the M-40; Metro Estadio Metropolitano (line 7)
- 💶 Free with public transport (5–16 hours); otherwise the normal rate, at most €12 per 24 hours
- Map Website
P+R Ciudad Universitaria (Aparca+T)
- 🚇 1,144 spaces next to Metro Ciudad Universitaria (line 6), a few stops from Moncloa and the centre; run by the Consorcio (Aparca+T programme)
- 💶 Free with a public transport trip (stay 5–16 hours); otherwise the car park's standard rotation rate
- Map Website

Street parking

Street parking is the SER (regulated parking service): paid Monday to Friday 09:00–21:00 and Saturday 09:00–15:00 (in August Monday to Saturday 09:00–15:00; 24 and 31 December 09:00–15:00), and free on Sundays and public holidays. Blue bays: anyone, at most 4 hours, then wait an hour before parking again in the same neighbourhood. Green bays are for residents: other drivers get 2 hours at most. Pay at the meter or in an official app (ElParking, Telpark, ParkingLibre, Parclick, Bip&Drive). The rate depends on the car's label and on air quality; the meter shows it.

Tips

Leave the car outside and take the metro

The centre is compact and the SER, the garages and the low-emission zone make driving in costly and tiring. The EMT P+R car parks at Avenida de Portugal, Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo and the Metropolitano are free if you stay 5–16 hours and use public transport.

Sunday is free on the street

Regulated street parking is not charged on Sundays and public holidays (when we checked, October 2026), and in August it ends at 15:00. Green and blue bays still have local rules and the low-emission zones stay in force, so read the signs.

Use the official apps

The council lists ElParking, Telpark, ParkingLibre, Parclick and Bip&Drive as official SER apps. They also let you end the parking early ('desaparcar') and get refunded for the unused time.

Under a motorhome or coach

We found no official page on motorhome or coach parking in central Madrid; check the garage's height limit (1.85–2.10 m in the EMT garages) and look for the Casa de Campo and city-edge areas on madrid.es before you come.

Plan your trip → Put these places in a day plan with walking times.