Driving in Stockholm: Congestion Tax

Stockholm, Sweden · Congestion charge

Official name Trängselskatt Stockholm (congestion tax)

In force in Stockholm right nowTuesday, 13 October 2026 at 11:05 · Europe/Stockholm

Lifts Tuesday, 13 October 2026 at 18:30 local time.

The source states the last charged passage as 18:29, so the window is written as ending at 18:30.

The exempt days come from the Agency's own list, which it publishes one year at a time. Outside the year it has published, this treats every weekday as charged.

This says only whether a passage is charged at that time. The amount varies by half-hour band and by peak season — see the operating times above for the full tariff.

Operating times only, read from the source below. It does not check your vehicle.

What applies

Stockholm charges a congestion tax on vehicles driving into and out of the city centre and on the Essingeleden motorway. You are not buying a ticket: cameras register each passage automatically and you are billed. What you pay depends on the time of day and the season — at most 135 SEK per vehicle per day in peak season and 105 SEK off-peak.

The tax applies to vehicles registered outside Sweden too.

Source: Transportstyrelsen, read 2026-09-02
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Transportstyrelsen (Swedish Transport Agency)

Daily charge

There is no single daily charge: the tax is per passage and varies by time of day and season, from 11 SEK in the middle of the day to 45 SEK at peak, with a cap of 135 SEK per vehicle per day in peak season and 105 SEK off-peak. The per-passage schedule is given under hours; a single 'daily charge' figure would misrepresent what a driver actually pays.

When it operates

Charged on weekdays between 06:00 and 18:29. Stockholm city centre, per passage: 06:00–06:29 15 SEK; 06:30–06:59 25 SEK off-peak / 30 peak; 07:00–08:29 35 / 45; 08:30–08:59 25 / 30; 09:00–09:29 15 / 20; 09:30–14:59 11; 15:00–15:29 15 / 20; 15:30–15:59 25 / 30; 16:00–17:29 35 / 45; 17:30–17:59 25 / 30; 18:00–18:29 15 / 20. Essingeleden is charged on a slightly lower scale.

Peak season runs from 1 March to the day before Midsummer Eve and from 15 August to 30 November; the rest of the year is off-peak. No tax is charged on public holidays, some days before a public holiday, or during July except the first five weekdays.

Source: Transportstyrelsen, read 2026-09-02
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Transportstyrelsen (Swedish Transport Agency)

Area covered

Vehicles driving into and out of Stockholm city centre, and vehicles on the Essingeleden (E4) motorway, which is tolled separately.

Source: Transportstyrelsen, read 2026-09-02
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Transportstyrelsen (Swedish Transport Agency)

Why there is no map here
There is no boundary to draw. The congestion tax is charged for passing a toll point, not for being inside an area, so an outline would misrepresent how the scheme works.
Petrol standard

Not applicable: Stockholm's congestion tax is a time-and-place charge, not an emissions rule. Sweden's emission-based zones (miljözoner) are a separate scheme and are not covered by this record.

Diesel standard

Not applicable: see the note on the petrol standard.

Penalty if you do not comply
500.00 SEKSource: Sveriges riksdag, read 2026-09-10
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Sveriges riksdag (Swedish Parliament, Svensk författningssamling)

How to comply
  • There is nothing to buy in advance. Passages are registered automatically at the toll stations and you are billed afterwards.
  • For a vehicle registered abroad, the Swedish Transport Agency uses a notification partner that identifies the owner, sends the invoice and takes payment via EPASS24.
  • For a vehicle registered in Sweden, payment is by direct debit (autogiro), electronic invoice (e-faktura) or payment slip.
  • Cars, lorries and buses are liable. Emergency vehicles, EC mobile cranes, buses of at least 14 tonnes, motorbikes and mopeds are not.
Source: Transportstyrelsen, read 2026-09-02
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Transportstyrelsen (Swedish Transport Agency)

Sources

Next scheduled re-check: 2026-12-01.

Before you set off

Also in Stockholm

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