Milan Area C and ZTL Map: Hours, Ticket and How to Pay

By Josep Mampel Marques, updated November 9, 2026

Area C is Milan's charge zone in the centre: most cars may enter from 07:30 to 19:30 if they pay a daily ticket, which is 7.50 EUR according to alVolante. Sources disagree on whether it applies on weekends, so the checker below treats it as active every day. Milan also has about twenty small ZTLs where you may not drive at all without a permit. Search your hotel or tap the map to see which applies to you.

What the map shows

• Area C, the Comune di Milano's official boundary from its open data (CC BY 4.0). The file is from May 2023, the most recent the city publishes.
• 22 small ZTLs, from the same official dataset, among them Navigli, Corso Como, Garibaldi, Ticinese and Arco della Pace.
• 42 Area C camera gates (blue dots), from the Comune's dataset dated 4 November 2026.

Area B, the low emission zone that covers most of the city, is not on the map.

Area C hours and the weekend question

Everyone agrees on 07:30 to 19:30 on weekdays. The weekend is the problem:

• In 2025 the city announced that Area C would also apply on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 January 2026, and L'Automobile, the magazine of the Automobile Club d'Italia, reported it that way.
• alVolante, in an article published on 4 February 2026, says Area C runs Monday to Friday and is not active on Saturday and Sunday.
• We could not read the Comune di Milano's Area C page, which blocks automated readers.

When sources disagree we use the more restrictive hours, so the checker shows Area C as active on weekends too. If you will drive in on a Saturday or Sunday, check the Comune's page or the panel at the gate. Paying for a day you did not need costs 7.50 EUR; not paying when you should have can cost a fine. The small ZTLs show "Hours not verified": their hours and exemptions are in each ordinance, and we have not checked them yet. Treat them as closed to you.

How the Area C ticket works

From alVolante's February 2026 guide:

• Price: 7.50 EUR per day for ordinary vehicles; 4.50 EUR for vehicles parked in one of the participating garages in the centre.
• Deadline: the ticket must be activated by midnight of the day after your entry. If you buy it at a participating garage, it must be activated by midnight on the same day.
• Where to pay: online by card or PayPal, at authorised retailers and Sisal or PUNTOLIS terminals, at parking meters, at some Intesa Sanpaolo cash machines, through participating garages and through Telepass, among other channels.
• Who cannot enter even with a ticket: older diesel and petrol cars are banned. Rental cars are usually recent, but if you drive your own older car, check the list of banned classes first.

We have not found the amount of the fine for not paying Area C, so we do not quote one.

Rental cars and Area C

Electric cars are treated differently: see ZTL and electric cars in Italy. The camera reads the plate, and the ticket is linked to the plate. If you do not pay, the rental company receives the fine and passes your details to the police, usually with an administration fee of its own. ZTL fines with a rental car explains the timeline. Ask your rental company how it handles Area C before you drive in; we have not verified any company's policy.

Hotel inside Area C or a Milan ZTL

We have not found an official procedure for hotel guests in Milan. A hotel inside Area C does not remove the need to pay for the day unless it tells you so in writing. Ask the hotel how it handles Area C and whether it has parking. See hotel inside a ZTL for the cities that do have a procedure.

Practical tips

• Area C is a charge, not a ban, for most cars: entering is not a mistake, not paying is.
• The small ZTLs are bans. Several Navigli ZTLs are night zones (their official names include "notturna"); check the map before you drive there in the evening.
• The map's Area C file dates from 2023. If the street sign disagrees with the map, the sign is right.

Sources

• Comune di Milano, Aree pedonali e ZTL (open data, CC BY 4.0): https://dati.comune.milano.it/dataset/ds51_trafficotrasporti_aree_pedonali_ztl
• Comune di Milano, Varchi Area C (open data, CC BY 4.0): https://dati.comune.milano.it/dataset/ds82_infogeo_varchi_elettronici_localizzazione_
• Comune di Milano, Area C: https://www.comune.milano.it/aree-tematiche/mobilita/area-c
• L'Automobile (ACI), Area C attiva anche nei weekend: https://www.lautomobile.aci.it/attualita/area-c-milano-da-gennaio-2026-sara-attiva-anche-nei-weekend/
• alVolante, Area C Milano 2026 (4 February 2026): https://www.alvolante.it/da_sapere/legge-e-burocrazia/Area-C-Milano-2026-auto-che-non-possono-entrare-e-costi-379981
• auto.it, Area C nel weekend dal 2026 (June 2025): https://www.auto.it/news/attualita/2025/06/26-8234395/milano-area-c-weekend-2026-zona-traffico-limitato

Hours checked on 9 November 2026.