Driving in Luxembourg
The licence plates you will see on the road in Luxembourg, how to read them, and what a car from abroad needs.
Speed limits
Default limits for cars, unless signs say otherwise, as on the signs at border crossings.
- In towns
- 50 km/h
- Outside towns
- 90 km/h
- Motorways
- 130 km/h
110 km/h on motorways in rain.
Before you drive
- Vignette and tolls
- There is no vignette, and motorways are free. All public transport (buses, trams and trains) has been free since 29 February 2020.
Rules and prices change. Check the official site before you travel.
Country code
Cars registered here show the country code L. Plates carry it on the blue EU band, which counts as the country sign: no separate oval sticker is needed in the European Economic Area, and the plate is also valid in other countries of the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. A car from abroad shows its own country code at the rear in the same way.
Reading the plates
Plates carry no regional code, so the letters and numbers do not tell where a car is from.
Plates you will see
- XY 3456
Standard · Since 2003
Special plates
- 1234
Personalised · Current
- CD 12 34
Diplomatic · Current
Plate formats and history of Luxembourg