ZBE Palma 2026: 24/7, EUR 200, Only Unlabelled Cars Barred
ZBE Palma · Spain · Active since 2025
Source: official source · Verified: 2026-10-01
Palma's ZBE runs 24/7 and fines €200, halved to €100 if paid promptly — but check the phase: through 2026 only unlabelled cars are barred, so B, C, ECO and 0 still enter.
Locally the zone is called ZBE Palma Palma de Mallorca (Spain) — that is the wording on the boundary signs, on the official portal and on any penalty notice, so it is the phrase to search for once you are there.
Next
- Check your own car against Palma de Mallorca — enter your fuel and Euro class, get a yes or no in one step.
- Palma de Mallorca has a zone too — the nearest one to Palma de Mallorca, and the rules are not identical.
- If a fine arrives after you get home — who pays on a hire car, and what is actually enforceable across borders.
Practical answers for Palma de Mallorca
- When is the Palma de Mallorca zone active?
- 24/7 That means there is no free window — the restriction applies on Sundays and public holidays too.
- How much does it cost to drive into Palma de Mallorca?
- €5 · DGT Environmental Label (Etiqueta Ambiental) Get it wrong and the penalty is EUR 200 (reduced to EUR 100 if paid promptly).
- Do I need to register or buy anything first?
- DGT Environmental Label (Etiqueta Ambiental) Official portal.
- Who is exempt in Palma de Mallorca?
- Zero emission vehicles (Etiqueta 0), ECO label vehicles, Disabled badge holders, Emergency vehicles and Public transport. Exemptions are usually not automatic — most require registering your number plate in advance.
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Palma’s ZBE has enforced fines 24 hours a day, every day, since 1 July 2025 — but only unlabelled vehicles are barred in this first phase, because DGT labels B, C, ECO and 0 (and every motorcycle) still enter freely until the end of 2026. The fine is EUR 200, cut to EUR 100 if paid promptly, and from 1 January 2027 only C, ECO and 0 will qualify.
Your case: A hire car picked up at the airport is Spanish-registered and judged by its DGT label; a car that arrives by ferry on a foreign plate has no label and must be entered in the council’s ZBE register on mobipalma.mobi before it goes into the centre. The emission zone checker shows how your vehicle compares with the thresholds.
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Zone type | ZBE (Zona de Bajas Emisiones) |
| Coverage | Palma city centre perimeter |
| Sticker required | Distintivo Ambiental (DGT) for Spanish plates; ZBE register entry for foreign plates |
| Sticker cost | ~EUR 5 |
| Fine | EUR 200 |
| Categories | A / B / C / ECO / 0 |
| No-etiqueta ban | Every day, all day — no evening or weekend window |
| Operating hours | 24/7, every day of the week |
| Active since | 2025 |
Can your car enter Palma?
Enter your vehicle's fuel + Euro class → instant verdict for Palma (ZBE). Fine if wrong: EUR 200 (reduced to EUR 100 if paid promptly).
Palma de Mallorca Emission Zone
The ZBE Palma (ZBE) in Palma de Mallorca, Spain has been active since 2025.
Who Can Enter?
Access is decided by DGT label, not by a Euro number read off the registration document:
- Zero and ECO labels: unrestricted, and will stay so through every announced phase
- C label: admitted now and after the 2027 tightening
- B label: admitted until 31 December 2026 — it covers petrol from Euro 3 and diesel from Euro 4
- No label: barred, which is the only category the current phase actually stops
- Motorcycles: all admitted in this phase
Sticker & Registration
A Spanish-registered car needs the DGT Etiqueta Ambiental, about €5 through the agency’s portal. DGT labels are not issued to foreign-registered cars: for those, the council requires an entry in its ZBE register before driving in, made through the application on mobipalma.mobi with passport, driving licence and vehicle documents.
Enforcement
ANPR cameras and municipal police, 24 hours a day, every day of the week — there is no evening or weekend window.
Fine for Non-Compliance
€200, reduced to €100 for prompt payment. Those are the national figures: Spanish law sanctions a serious traffic offence with “multa de 200 euros” (Ley sobre Tráfico, RDL 6/2015, art. 80.1) and allows a “reducción del 50 por ciento del importe de la sanción” for payment within twenty days (art. 94) (BOE).
Recent changes to this page
- Foreign plates: removed the advice to get a DGT label before arrival. DGT labels are issued only to Spanish-registered vehicles; the council requires a foreign-registered car to be entered in its ZBE register on mobipalma.mobi before driving in. Matches the Palma city page.
- Entry rules rewritten around the DGT label, which is what the ZBE actually reads, instead of the Euro 3 petrol / Euro 4 diesel thresholds the body and FAQ carried — those describe the B label rather than the rule, and the rule in this phase stops only the vehicle with no label at all. The €200 fine and the €100 prompt-payment figure now cite the articles of the national traffic law that set them.
- Title and summary rewritten around the zone name readers search for, and the stale "Mon-Fri 7:00-20:00" hours removed from the facts table and the enforcement section: TyreMap zone data records the ban as 24/7, every day, which the page's own opening answer already said.
- Title, description and introduction rewritten from this page's own data (no shared template wording).
- Re-verified EUR 200 fine and DGT label requirement against Ajuntament de Palma ZBE portal.
- Added cruise-passenger guidance — day-trip rentals still need the Distintivo Ambiental when crossing into Palma's ZBE.
- Aligned with Ley 7/2021 de Cambio Climatico — Balearic capital ZBE now fully compliant with national framework.
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Frequently Asked Questions
For a Spanish-registered car, yes — the DGT Etiqueta Ambiental. A foreign-registered car cannot get one; it must instead be entered in the council's ZBE register on mobipalma.mobi before driving in. What the ZBE bars in this first phase is the vehicle with no label at all; B, C, ECO and Zero all pass. The B label starts at Euro 3 petrol and Euro 4 diesel, so that is effectively the floor until the end of 2026.
€200, halved to €100 if you pay within twenty days. That is the standard Spanish sanction for a serious traffic offence, not a figure Palma sets on its own.
Yes, electric vehicles (BEVs) and most plug-in hybrids are exempt from emission zone restrictions in Palma de Mallorca.