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London ULEZ rules for cars

Petrol cars need Euro 4 and diesel cars Euro 6. A car below the standard pays £12.50 a day to drive in the London ULEZ.

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London ULEZ at a glance

Run by
Transport for London
Private cars
Charged if below the standard
Hours
24h, every day except 25 December
Petrol cars
Euro 4
Diesel cars
Euro 6
Electric cars
Meet the standard
Below the standard
£12.50 a day
Penalty if not paid
£180 (£90 if paid within 14 days)
Where
All London boroughs, not the M25

Check one vehicle for the London ULEZ with TfL’s vehicle checker, or use our ULEZ checker for every zone at once.

The Congestion Charge is separate

The ULEZ charge is paid on top of the London Congestion Charge, which every car pays in central London whatever its Euro standard. The Congestion Charge applies 7:00-18:00 Mon-Fri, 12:00-18:00 Sat-Sun and bank holidays. It is £18 if paid in advance or on the day, or £21 by midnight of the third day after. An electric car on Auto Pay pays £13.50.

Which cars generally meet the London ULEZ 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 zones in London

All 14 zones compared

Driving into the London ULEZ?

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 Transport for London, checked 22 September 2026. London rules powered by TfL Open Data.

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