Driving in Lisbon

Portugal: 2 schemes to know about before you drive in.

The short answer for Lisbon

Lisbon has 2 driving restrictions on our books: the Zona de Emissões Reduzidas 1 (low emission zone) and the Zona de Emissões Reduzidas 2 (low emission zone). What is a low emission zone?

What it means for your car

Zona de Emissões Reduzidas 1

Petrol or LPG. The city labels this zone 'Norma Euro 3' in its own dataset. That is the only statement of the standard we hold, and it does not separate petrol from diesel, name the vehicle categories it covers, or say whether the standard is a minimum to enter or the highest class banned.
Diesel. The city labels this zone 'Norma Euro 3' in its own dataset. That is the only statement of the standard we hold, and it does not separate petrol from diesel, name the vehicle categories it covers, or say whether the standard is a minimum to enter or the highest class banned.

Zona de Emissões Reduzidas 2

Petrol or LPG. The city labels this zone 'Norma Euro 2' in its own dataset. That is the only statement of the standard we hold, and it does not separate petrol from diesel, name the vehicle categories it covers, or say whether the standard is a minimum to enter or the highest class banned.
Diesel. The city labels this zone 'Norma Euro 2' in its own dataset. That is the only statement of the standard we hold, and it does not separate petrol from diesel, name the vehicle categories it covers, or say whether the standard is a minimum to enter or the highest class banned.

Sources last read on 2026-09-07, from Câmara Municipal de Lisboa — Geodados CML. The next scheduled check is 2027-03-01.

The schemes, one by one

• Zona de Emissões Reduzidas 1 Low emission zone

  Lisbon operates two Reduced Emission Zones, and ZER 1 is the smaller and stricter of them: the city's own dataset labels it 'Norma Euro 3', against Euro 2 for the much larger ZER 2 that surrounds it. Both were created by Deliberação nº 105/2012, published in the third supplement to Boletim Municipal nº 941 of 1 March 2012.

  This page is built from the municipality's published map data; we could not read the city's own rules pages, and what that means is set out under 'When it operates'.

• Zona de Emissões Reduzidas 2 Low emission zone

  ZER 2 is the larger of Lisbon's two Reduced Emission Zones, about 24.5 km², and the one a visitor is far more likely to drive into. The city's own dataset labels it 'Norma Euro 2', a lower bar than the Euro 3 it labels the small ZER 1 with. Both were created by Deliberação nº 105/2012, published in the third supplement to Boletim Municipal nº 941 of 1 March 2012.

  This page is built from the municipality's published map data; we could not read the city's own rules pages, and what that means is set out under 'When it operates'.

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