Speed LimitsEstonia 2026: Default 90 km/h, 120 on One Summer Stretch
The default is 90 km/h outside towns and 50 inside. In summer four-lane divided roads rise to 110 or 120 and 2+1 roads to 100. Up to 20 km/h over, the fine is EUR 7 per km/h.
Estonia’s default limit outside built-up areas is 90 km/h, and in summer selected divided roads go higher: 110 or 120 km/h on four-lane sections and 100 on 2+1 roads. The single 120 km/h stretch is on the Tallinn-Tartu road between Kuivajõe and Mäo, in daylight only.
No motorway class, but a 120 km/h ceiling
The Traffic Act gives two general limits: 90 km/h outside built-up areas and 50 km/h inside them, with 20 km/h in residential yard zones. Section 15 then lets the Transport Administration raise the limit outside built-up areas to as much as 120 km/h where traffic, road conditions and safety allow, and it uses that power each spring on the four-lane divided roads out of Tallinn.
When the summer limits went up on 12 April 2024, the pattern was:
| Road | Summer limit |
|---|---|
| Four-lane divided roads | up to 110 or 120 km/h |
| 2+1 roads | up to 100 km/h |
| Ordinary two-lane roads | 90 km/h |
| Tallinn-Tartu-Võru-Luhamaa, Kuivajõe-Mäo | 120 km/h in daylight and good conditions, 110 km/h in darkness |
| Same section, at the three wildlife crossings | 100 km/h by day, 90 km/h in darkness, 70 km/h when the detection system flags an animal |
| Tallinn-Pärnu-Ikla, Laagri-Ääsmäe | 110 km/h in daylight, 100 km/h in darkness or heavy traffic |
Variable signs on these sections can also show lower figures for congestion or bad weather, and those override everything above.
What changes in November
When the 110 km/h signs came down on 15 November 2023, all 2+1 roads and some 2+2 sections stayed at 100 km/h and the rest of the network went back to 90. On the stretches equipped with variable signs, the Transport Administration can still set up to 110 km/h in daylight and good conditions, so the winter figure on a four-lane road is whatever the gantry shows.
Fines: EUR 7 per km/h, then fine units
Up to 20 km/h over, the fine is simple arithmetic: EUR 7 for every km/h over the limit, both for camera notices sent to the vehicle’s keeper and for on-the-spot fines. That rate has applied since 1 January 2025. Above 20 km/h, the Traffic Act sets maximum fines in fine units, each worth EUR 8:
| Over the limit | Maximum penalty |
|---|---|
| Up to 20 km/h | 30 units (EUR 240); in practice EUR 7 per km/h over |
| 21-40 km/h | 100 units (EUR 800) or licence withdrawal for up to 6 months |
| 41-60 km/h | 200 units (EUR 1,600), detention, or withdrawal for up to 12 months |
| Over 60 km/h | 300 units (EUR 2,400), detention, or withdrawal for up to 24 months |
Driving with a radar detector or jammer on board is a separate offence, fined up to 100 units.
Check exact speed limits for your route
Open Speed Limit MapSources
- Liiklusseadus (Traffic Act), sections 15, 227, 228 and 262 — Riigi Teataja
- Karistusseadustik (Penal Code), section 47: fine unit of EUR 8 — Riigi Teataja
- Transpordiamet — Summer speed limits raised on divided state roads (12 April 2024)
- Transpordiamet — Winter speed limits take effect (15 November 2023)
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Estonia sets a general limit of 90 km/h outside built-up areas and 50 km/h inside. The Transport Administration may raise limits on suitable roads to as much as 120 km/h, which it does each summer on four-lane divided sections.
On the Kuivajõe-Mäo section of the Tallinn-Tartu-Võru-Luhamaa road, in daylight and good conditions, during the summer period. At night the limit there is 110 km/h, and it drops further around three wildlife crossings.
The summer 110 km/h signs are taken down in November. 2+1 roads and some 2+2 sections stay at 100 km/h, other roads go back to 90, and variable-sign sections can still show up to 110 km/h in daylight and good conditions.
Up to 20 km/h over, a camera or on-the-spot fine is EUR 7 for every km/h over the limit. Heavier cases are fined in units of EUR 8: up to 100 units (EUR 800) or a licence withdrawal at 21-40 over, rising to 300 units (EUR 2,400), detention or a ban of up to 24 months above 60 over.