Area C Milan: is it active now?
Area C Milan charges only on weekdays from 7:30 to 19:30. The tool tells you whether you need to pay at this time and when the period ends.
Independent site, not a city service: the municipal order and the signs at the gate are what count.
Area C (Cerchia dei Bastioni) · 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 |
Daily ticket €7.50; €3.00 for Area C residents from the 51st entry of the year; €4.50 for registered service vehicles and for drivers parked in an affiliated garage; €22.50 if paid from the day after entry up to the seventh day.
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 C is the charging limited-traffic zone of central Milan, inside the Cerchia dei Bastioni ring. According to the City of Milan it is active all year from Monday to Friday, from 7:30 to 19:30, public holidays excluded: outside those hours, on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays you may enter without a ticket. While it is active, entry is controlled by electronic gates that read number plates. The ordinary ticket costs €7.50 and is a day ticket: with one ticket you may drive in and out with the same vehicle as often as you like on the same day. Registered Area C residents pay €3.00 from their 51st entry of the year; drivers parking in an affiliated garage inside the area pay €4.50. If you forget the ticket you can still pay it, raised to €22.50, from the next day up to the seventh day after entry. Prices in force since 30 October 2023.
Checked by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · Method and sources
Area C Milan hours and prices
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Days and hours | Monday–Friday 7:30–19:30, holidays excluded |
| Day ticket | €7.50 |
| Area C residents, from the 51st entry | €3.00 |
| Registered service vehicles, affiliated garages | €4.50 |
| Ticket paid from the next day to the seventh day | €22.50 |
Vehicles banned altogether
Area C is not just a toll: some vehicle categories may not enter even if they pay. The city page lists, among others, two-stroke Euro 2 and 3 motorbikes and mopeds, Euro 2 and 3 diesel ones and Euro 0, 1 and 2 four-stroke petrol ones; the full list, with exemptions, is on the Area C page. For a banned vehicle the notice may cite a different rule from the missing-ticket one: what it says is what counts.
Area C, Area B and the evening
After 19:30 Area C switches off, but some neighbourhood ZTLs switch on: the Navigli from 20:00, Arco della Pace from 22:00. The Milan ZTL page lists them all; Area B has the same hours as Area C but covers a much larger area and only the most polluting vehicles.