Clean air zones
Aberdeen Low Emission Zone rules for cars
Petrol cars need Euro 4 and diesel cars Euro 6 to drive in the Aberdeen Low Emission Zone. There is no charge to pay: a car below the standard is fined.
Zone rules checked
Aberdeen Low Emission Zone at a glance
- Run by
- Aberdeen City Council
- Private cars
- Fined if below the standard
- Hours
- 24h, every day including Christmas Day
- Petrol cars
- Euro 4
- Diesel cars
- Euro 6
- Electric cars
- Meet the standard
- Below the standard
- No charge to pay: a fine of £60 (£30 if paid within 14 days)
We could not read Aberdeen City Council’s own page for this zone, so these rules come from the national Scottish low emission zone pages. Check the council page before you travel.
Check one vehicle for the Aberdeen Low Emission Zone with the Scottish LEZ vehicle checker, or use our ULEZ checker for every zone at once.
Fines, not charges
There is no daily charge to pay in a Scottish low emission zone. A car below the standard that drives in is fined. The fine goes up for each repeat in the same zone within 90 days, and goes back to the first level after 90 days with none.
| Fine | Amount |
|---|---|
| First | £60 |
| Second | £120 |
| Third | £240 |
| Fourth and after | £480 |
The first fine is £60, reduced to £30 if paid within 14 days.
Which cars generally meet the Aberdeen Low Emission Zone standard
By first-use date, petrol cars from 1 January 2006 and diesel cars from 1 September 2015 generally meet it, and electric cars always do. A car may have met it earlier: it is decided for each car, from the Euro standard on its V5C. The full rule table and every model by make.
Other low emission zones in Scotland
Driving into the Aberdeen Low Emission Zone?
Enter the fuel and the month the car was first registered, or the Euro standard from its V5C, and see each zone’s answer for that car.
Use the ULEZ checker See an example VetTheCar Buying Report
Found one you might buy? Vet the specific car.
Sources
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Zone rules from lowemissionzones.scot, mygov.scot and council websites, checked 22 September 2026. Council figures come from each council’s website, linked below.
- lowemissionzones.scot: zone, hours and area
- mygov.scot: car standards and charges
- City of Edinburgh Council: zero emission cars
- Dundee City Council: fine levels in every Scottish zone
- Aberdeen City Council: council page (page not read by us)
Not affiliated with or endorsed by DVSA or any council. How we calculate these figures · Data sources