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Driving in North Macedonia

The licence plates you will see on the road in North Macedonia, how to read them, and what a car from abroad needs.

Before you drive

Vignette and tolls
There is no vignette. Motorways (avtopat) are toll roads with a ticket system.

Rules and prices change. Check the official site before you travel.

NMK

Country code

Cars registered here show the country code NMK. Abroad, the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic asks for it at the rear of the car: on a white oval sticker, or as part of the plate. A car from abroad shows its own country code at the rear in the same way.

Reading the plates

Plates carry an area code that shows where the car was registered: 35 codes across 80 municipalities. For example:

VE 1234 AB
Area codes on the mapAll area codes

Plates you will see

  • SK 1234 AB

    Standard · Since 2012

Special plates

Older plates still on the road

  • SK-123-AB

    Standard · 1993–2012

Plate formats and history of North Macedonia

Sources