Area B Milan: hours and bans
Area B Milan bans the most polluting vehicles on weekdays from 7:30 to 19:30. The tool tells you whether the ban is in force at the time you pick.
Independent site, not a city service: the municipal order and the signs at the gate are what count.
Area B (blue gates) · 14 November 2026 at 12:00
Not active
Next active Monday 16 November 2026 at 07:30.
| Why | outside the restricted hours |
| Periods on this day | none |
Ban only for the most polluting vehicles listed by the city (blue gates); others enter freely.
Hours from Comune di Milano, page dated 15 October 2026: always check the sign at the gate; the order and the road signs are what count.
Zone hours
- Mon–Fri 7:30–19:30
Public holidays excluded, according to the source.
Area B is Milan’s environmental limited-traffic zone, marked out by blue camera gates. According to the City of Milan page updated on 15 October 2026, it is active Monday to Friday from 7:30 to 19:30, public holidays excluded, and unlike Area C it charges allowed vehicles nothing. Instead it bans the oldest and most polluting vehicles from entering and driving, following a schedule of bans the city publishes up to 2030, and in any case bans goods vehicles longer than 12 metres, vehicles carrying dangerous goods and vehicles without blind-spot warning systems. From 1 October 2026 every banned vehicle gets 5 free days a year, assigned automatically from the second year of the ban without registering the plate; residents and businesses with an operating base in Milan get another 20, after registering the plate and switching on automatic detection of exemption days. On Saturday, Sunday and in the evening there is no ban.
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Area B Milan hours and who is banned
| Item | Rule |
|---|---|
| Days and hours | Monday–Friday 7:30–19:30, holidays excluded |
| Charge | none for allowed vehicles |
| Always banned | goods vehicles over 12 m, dangerous goods, vehicles without blind-spot warning |
| Free days for every vehicle | 5 a year, from the second year of the ban |
| Extra days for Milan residents and firms | 20, with the plate registered |
Area B is not Area C
The two areas share the same hours and the same kind of electronic gates, but their rules differ. Area C is small, charges every allowed vehicle a ticket and bans some categories; Area B is much larger, is free for allowed vehicles and only keeps out the most polluting ones. A recent car enters Area B without doing anything, but in Area C it still has to pay the ticket.
Other environmental zones
Rome has a similar ban, the Fascia Verde, which however applies Monday to Saturday at all hours. To see what a banned entry costs, use the ZTL fine calculator with the “vehicle banned for emissions” type.