Street parking in central Milan costs €3 per hour inside Area C (maximum two hours), €2 in the inner ring and €1.20 in the outer districts; driving into Area C costs €7.50 a day, Monday to Friday from 7:30 to 19:30, and nothing at weekends. The cheapest way to visit is an ATM park-and-ride at a metro terminus, from €1.50 for five hours, while a bookable garage day ticket starts at €10.50. This guide covers the 2026 tariffs, Area C and Area B rules, car parks by district and where to park for less.
Do you need a car? Not for Milan itself, where the metro is faster than driving. For Lake Como, Bergamo or the Alps you do: compare prices at Milan Malpensa Airport on DiscoverCars or Linate Airport, and read our guide to car hire in Italy.
Three separate systems apply to drivers. Street parking on blue lines (strisce blu) is run by ATM for the city and priced by zone. Area C is the charging zone inside the Cerchia dei Bastioni ring: on weekdays you pay €7.50 a day to drive in. Area B covers most of the city and costs nothing, but cameras keep out the oldest petrol and diesel cars. Outside the centre, ATM’s park-and-ride car parks at metro termini are the cheapest way to leave the car for the day.
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| Option | Price in 2026 | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Blue lines inside Area C (centre) | €3 per hour | Every day 8:00–19:00, maximum 2 hours per zone code; 19:00–24:00 €3 per hour for the first 2 hours, then free |
| Blue lines, inner ring (Cerchia filoviaria) | €2 per hour | Most zones on working days 8:00–19:00; some zones every day until 24:00 |
| Blue lines, outer districts | €1.20 per hour | Working days (Monday to Saturday) 8:00–19:00 |
| Area C entry (Mon–Fri 7:30–19:30) | €7.50 per day | €4.50 if you park for more than an hour in a partner garage inside Area C |
| ATM park-and-ride at a metro terminus | €1.50 up to 5 hours, €2.50 up to 15 hours | For example Famagosta (2,196 spaces) or Lampugnano (1,830); metro ticket extra |
| Car Central – Duomo (bookable) | From €3 for 1 hour on Parclick | Via Chiaravalle 12, behind the cathedral, inside Area C |
| SABA Cardinal Ferrari Low Cost (bookable) | €10.50 per day on Parclick | Piazza Cardinale Andrea Ferrari 8, south of the centre |
Blue-line parking is free every night between midnight and 8:00. Each zone has a code printed on the sign, and the tariff, hours and maximum stay belong to that code, so read the sign before you pay.
Area C is the historic centre inside the Cerchia dei Bastioni. According to the Comune di Milano, it is active all year from Monday to Friday, 7:30 to 19:30, except on public holidays. Cameras at the entry gates read every number plate. Saturdays, Sundays and weekday evenings after 19:30 cost nothing.
| Area C ticket | Price | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Standard daily ticket | €7.50 | Unlimited entries with the same vehicle on the same day |
| Ticket bought in a partner garage | €4.50 | Only if you park there for more than an hour; activate by midnight the same day |
| Late ticket (paid within 7 days) | €22.50 | Requires registration on the MyAreaC portal |
| Hourly rate in partner garages | Maximum €4 per hour | List of partner garages published by the Comune |
How to pay. Buy the ticket online on the Area C portal, at Intesa Sanpaolo cash machines, at ATM parking meters, at SISAL and PUNTOLIS tobacconists, or through UnipolMove or Telepass (Telepass only for Italian-registered vehicles). The ticket carries a PIN that you link to your number plate. You may do this from the day you enter until midnight of the following day; a ticket activated the day before your visit does not count.
ATM’s tariff table, valid since 1 November 2023, divides the city into three rings. The closer you get to the Duomo, the higher the price and the shorter the stay.
| Zone | Tariff | When you pay |
|---|---|---|
| Inside Area C (centre and Bastioni) | €3 per hour, maximum 2 hours per zone code | Every day 8:00–19:00 |
| Inside Area C, evening | €3 per hour for the first 2 hours, then free | Every day 19:00–24:00 |
| Cerchia filoviaria (inner ring) | €2 per hour | Working days 8:00–19:00 in most zones; some every day 8:00–24:00 |
| Outside the filoviaria (outer districts) | €1.20 per hour | Working days 8:00–19:00, Saturdays included |
| Around San Siro stadium and the hippodrome on event days | €1.20 per hour or €10 for the whole day | 8:00–24:00 |
| All blue lines at night | Free | 24:00–8:00 |
Parking meters take coins, bank cards, Mastercard and Visa. You type in your number plate, so the receipt no longer has to go on the dashboard. You can also pay by app; ATM names EasyPark and MooneyGo, the two apps that also sell monthly street-parking passes.
For the Duomo, the Galleria and Brera, a garage is easier than hunting for a two-hour blue bay. Remember that a garage inside the Bastioni means driving into Area C on weekdays, which adds €7.50 (or €4.50 if the garage is a partner garage and sells you the ticket). These car parks can be booked on Parclick; prices are the lowest shown when we checked and change with the date.
Covered garage at Via Chiaravalle 12, a few minutes’ walk behind the cathedral and inside Area C. See Car Central – Duomo on Parclick.
Covered garage at Via Francesco Sforza 4, near the State University and a short walk from the Duomo, inside Area C. See Garage Sforza on Parclick.
Covered SABA car park at Piazza Cardinale Andrea Ferrari 8, south of the centre. The day rate on Parclick is the lowest we found in Milan. Check on the listing whether your route crosses into Area C. See SABA Cardinal Ferrari on Parclick.
Covered garage at Viale Bligny 21, on the ring road south-east of the centre, near Bocconi University. See Garage Bligny on Parclick.
Covered car park at Via Carlo de Cristoforis 8, by Porta Garibaldi station, handy for Corso Como, Isola and the Porta Nuova towers. See The Big – Garibaldi on Parclick.
Covered car park at Via Luigi Settembrini 19, a few streets from Milano Centrale station. See Settembrini on Parclick.
Free street parking near the centre does not exist in practice, but the ATM park-and-ride car parks come close. They sit at metro termini on the edge of the city and charge by time band, not by the hour. Our Milan park-and-ride guide lists all 21 car parks.
| Time parked | ATM interchange tariff |
|---|---|
| Up to 5 hours | €1.50 |
| 5 to 10 hours | €2.00 |
| 10 to 15 hours | €2.50 |
| 15 to 19 hours | €4.00 |
| 19 to 24 hours | €7.50 |
| Car park | Metro line | Spaces |
|---|---|---|
| Famagosta | M2 (south) | 2,196 |
| San Donato | M3 (south-east) | 1,941 |
| Lampugnano | M1 (west) | 1,830 |
| Bisceglie | M1 (west) | 1,810 |
| Molino Dorino | M1 (north-west) | 1,656 |
| Cascina Gobba | M2 (north-east) | 1,384 |
Most of these car parks open on working days from 5:30 to 1:00, and you cannot collect the car while they are closed. The metro ticket is separate: €2.20 for 90 minutes, €7.60 for a day or €15.50 for three days. A day in the centre from Famagosta therefore costs €2.50 for parking plus two metro tickets, a fraction of a central garage plus Area C.
Area B covers most of Milan. It costs nothing to enter, but cameras check vehicle classes from Monday to Friday, 7:30 to 19:30. Cars currently banned are petrol Euro 0–3 and diesel Euro 0–5. A modern rental car passes both Area B and Area C rules without problems.
Duomo, Galleria and La Scala: Car Central – Duomo or Garage Sforza, both inside Area C. On a weekday, factor in the €7.50 Area C ticket.
Brera and Quadrilatero della Moda: blue bays inside Area C are limited to two hours, so a garage or the metro (M3 Montenapoleone, M2 Lanza) is more practical.
Milano Centrale and Porta Garibaldi: Settembrini near Centrale or The Big at Garibaldi, both outside the Bastioni ring.
San Siro: the blue lines around the stadium switch to the event tariff (€1.20 per hour or €10 for the day). Lampugnano park-and-ride on the M1 is the alternative.
Milan street parking cost estimator
See Milan car parks on Parclick →Pre-filled with the inner-ring blue-line rate (€2 per hour). Inside Area C it is €3 per hour with a two-hour maximum, and in the outer districts €1.20. For a full day, a park-and-ride costs €2.50 for up to 15 hours. On weekdays add €7.50 for Area C if you drive into the centre.
The daily ticket costs €7.50, or €4.50 if you park for more than an hour in a partner garage inside Area C and buy the ticket there. Area C is charged Monday to Friday from 7:30 to 19:30, except public holidays.
Yes. Area C only operates on weekdays from 7:30 to 19:30, so you can drive into the centre on Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and weekday evenings without a ticket.
Blue lines cost €3 per hour inside Area C (maximum two hours per zone code), €2 per hour in the inner ring and €1.20 per hour in the outer districts. Parking on blue lines is free between midnight and 8:00.
Buy the ticket and link it to your number plate from the day you enter until midnight of the following day. If you miss that, a late ticket costs €22.50 within seven days, through the MyAreaC portal.
Use an ATM park-and-ride car park at a metro terminus such as Famagosta or Lampugnano: €1.50 for up to five hours or €2.50 for up to 15 hours, plus €2.20 per metro ticket.
Parclick lists Car Central – Duomo from €3 for an hour and SABA Cardinal Ferrari Low Cost at €10.50 for a day; both can be booked in advance.
Petrol cars up to Euro 3 and diesel cars up to Euro 5 are banned on weekdays from 7:30 to 19:30. Newer cars, including almost all rental cars, can enter free of charge. The Comune’s plate checker also works for foreign plates.
Not for the city itself, where the metro is quicker than driving. A car is worth it for Lake Como, Bergamo, Franciacorta or the Alps; pick it up at Malpensa or Linate and leave it at a park-and-ride when you visit the centre.
