When is street parking free in Dublin?

Outside the hours on the street sign, often 07:00 to 19:00 Monday to Saturday, and on public holidays such as St Patrick's Day, Christmas Day, St Stephen's Day and New Year's Day. Clearways and bus lanes still apply.

Is there free parking in Dublin?

Yes. Of the 4,204 parking locations mapped in Dublin, 549 (13%) are recorded as free. A free lot can still have a time limit or be for customers only, so check the signs on site.

Where is park and ride in Dublin?

The map data lists 15 park and ride sites in Dublin and around it, with at least 1,808 spaces where the capacity is mapped. Each one is on the map above.

What are the largest car parks in and around Dublin?

By the spaces recorded in the map data: Holiday Blue Long Term Car Park (8,000), Luas Red Cow Park & Ride (720), Q-Park The Spire (567), Drury Street Car Park (500), Grafton Car Park (380).

Can I park a van or camper in a garage in Dublin?

Check the height limit first: 5 parking locations in Dublin have one mapped, and the app shows it on the lot's card. Surface lots usually have no limit.

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Web parking map – Dublin

Dublin parking map: free and paid parking

4,204 mapped parking locations in Dublin, 549 of them free.

Explore mapped parking locations in Dublin before a journey. The page combines an interactive map with an explanation of what the data means and what you still need to check on arrival.

Download for iPhone • The app is free to use but you still need to pay for parking.

Interactive Dublin parking map

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The Dublin parking map in your browser

This page brings the Parking Space Finder map to the web for Dublin. Zoom in to see mapped parking locations, filter them by free, paid or other status and open the details recorded for a location, without installing anything.

The full European experience remains available in the iOS app.

Dublin in numbers

Mapped parking locations: 4,204
Free: 549
Paid: 228
Other or unknown: 3,427

Parking rules in Dublin

What to know before you park on the street. Rules change: the signs on site always decide.

On-street parking is split into zones with different charges (yellow, red, green, orange and blue), shown by the colour strip on the street sign and on the pay and display machine.
The paid hours are on the signs, often 07:00 to 19:00, Monday to Saturday; some areas also charge in the evening and at weekends, and a small central part of the yellow zone (the white zone) charges on Sunday afternoons.
Pay at the machine and leave the ticket on the dashboard, or pay through Payzone with the Parking Tag app, a text message or a call. Outside the signed hours and on some public holidays, parking is free.
With a Disabled Person's Parking Permit on display you park free in any pay and display or disabled bay, with no time limit.

Official information: dublincity.ie – Pay and Display Parking

Parking in Dublin: what the map data shows

The map has 4,204 parking locations in Dublin. 549 of them (13%) are recorded as free and 228 (5%) as paid; for the rest the source data gives no clear fee. 52 are multi-storey or underground garages, and 15 are park and ride sites. Figures from OpenStreetMap.

Multi-storey garages: 36
Underground garages: 16
Park and ride sites: 15; 1,808 spaces where mapped
Lots with disabled spaces: 236; 686 disabled spaces in total
Open 24/7: 4
With a height limit mapped: 5
EV charging stations: 163
Fuel stations: 136

Largest public car parks in and around Dublin

By the number of spaces recorded in the map data. Lots marked private are left out.

Car park	Type	Spaces	Fee	Hours	Max height
Holiday Blue Long Term Car Park	Surface lot	8,000	Paid
Luas Red Cow Park & Ride	Surface lot	720	Paid
Q-Park The Spire	Multi-storey	567	Paid	24/7
Drury Street Car Park	Multi-storey	500	Paid
Grafton Car Park	Multi-storey	380	Paid
Q-Park Dawson Street	Multi-storey	370	Paid		1.9 m
Carrickmines Park and Ride	Surface lot	278	Paid
Public Car Park	Multi-storey	200	Paid
Decathlon Car Park	Surface lot	200	Free
Out Patients Car Park	Surface lot	100	Paid

Questions about parking

When is street parking free in Dublin?: Outside the hours on the street sign, often 07:00 to 19:00 Monday to Saturday, and on public holidays such as St Patrick's Day, Christmas Day, St Stephen's Day and New Year's Day. Clearways and bus lanes still apply.
Is there free parking in Dublin?: Yes. Of the 4,204 parking locations mapped in Dublin, 549 (13%) are recorded as free. A free lot can still have a time limit or be for customers only, so check the signs on site.
Where is park and ride in Dublin?: The map data lists 15 park and ride sites in Dublin and around it, with at least 1,808 spaces where the capacity is mapped. Each one is on the map above.
What are the largest car parks in and around Dublin?: By the spaces recorded in the map data: Holiday Blue Long Term Car Park (8,000), Luas Red Cow Park & Ride (720), Q-Park The Spire (567), Drury Street Car Park (500), Grafton Car Park (380).
Can I park a van or camper in a garage in Dublin?: Check the height limit first: 5 parking locations in Dublin have one mapped, and the app shows it on the lot's card. Surface lots usually have no limit.

How to use the Dublin parking map

Start with a destination or move the map to the area you plan to visit. Zoom in until parking locations appear, then use the filter button to focus on the type that matters to you.

Plan with the map in three steps

1Search for an address or place in Dublin, or use your current location if you choose to share it.
2Filter the displayed data by free, paid or other parking status.
3Select a marker or mapped area to read the available name, address, payment classification and other recorded details.

What the map colors mean

Free: The source data marks the location as not requiring a fee.
Paid: The source data marks a fee or paid interval for the location.
Other or unknown: The fee status is missing, unclear or does not fit the free/paid categories.

Where the parking information comes from

Parking locations and many of their attributes are based on OpenStreetMap contributor data. Parking Space Finder classifies the recorded fee value for the map filters and presents available location details in a consistent format. Community data can be incomplete or become outdated between updates.

Read the OpenStreetMap copyright and licence information

What this map cannot guarantee

A marker does not mean that a space is currently empty; the web map has no live occupancy feed.
A free classification reflects the recorded data, not a guarantee that every vehicle or time period is exempt from payment.
Signs, temporary restrictions, permits, access rules and on-site instructions always take priority over the map.
Check the entrance, operating hours and payment information at the location before leaving your vehicle.

Parking beyond Dublin

More web city guides are being added step by step. For parking searches elsewhere in Europe, detailed mobile use and navigation, download Parking Space Finder for iPhone.

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Dublin parking map: free and paid parking

4,204 mapped parking locations in Dublin, 549 of them free.

Explore mapped parking locations in Dublin before a journey. The page combines an interactive map with an explanation of what the data means and what you still need to check on arrival.

Download for iPhone • The app is free to use but you still need to pay for parking.

Parking rules in Dublin

What to know before you park on the street. Rules change: the signs on site always decide.

On-street parking is split into zones with different charges (yellow, red, green, orange and blue), shown by the colour strip on the street sign and on the pay and display machine.

The paid hours are on the signs, often 07:00 to 19:00, Monday to Saturday; some areas also charge in the evening and at weekends, and a small central part of the yellow zone (the white zone) charges on Sunday afternoons.

Pay at the machine and leave the ticket on the dashboard, or pay through Payzone with the Parking Tag app, a text message or a call. Outside the signed hours and on some public holidays, parking is free.

With a Disabled Person's Parking Permit on display you park free in any pay and display or disabled bay, with no time limit.

Parking in Dublin: what the map data shows

Multi-storey garages

Underground garages

Park and ride sites

1,808 spaces where mapped

Lots with disabled spaces

236

686 disabled spaces in total

Open 24/7

With a height limit mapped

EV charging stations

163

Fuel stations

136